疑問

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Chinese

to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect to ask
trad. (疑問)
simp. (疑问)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (4)
Final () (19) (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngi mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨ/ /mɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɨ/ /miunH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋie/ /miuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨ/ /munH/
Li
Rong
/ŋiə/ /miuənH/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭə/ /mĭuənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi/ /mi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji4 man6

Noun

疑問

  1. query; question; doubt
    無論何時何地只要困難任何疑問歡迎隨時聯繫 [MSC, trad.]
    无论何时何地只要困难任何疑问欢迎随时联系 [MSC, simp.]
    Wúlùn héshí hédì, zhǐyào nǐ yǒu kùnnan huò yǒu rènhé yíwèn, dōu huānyíng suíshí liánxì wǒ.
    No matter when or where you have any difficulties or questions, please feel free to contact me.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
もん
Grade: 3
on'yomi goon

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 疑問 (MC ngi mjunH, literally “doubt, suspicion + ask”), apparently borrowed later as a learned borrowing from Literary Chinese of the same source term.

First attested in the early 1600s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(もん) (gimon

  1. a question (implies a doubt about something)
    Synonym: (neutral, no nuances of doubt) 質問 (shitsumon)
  2. a doubt or suspicion about whether something is real or true

Verb

()(もん)する (gimon surusuru (stem ()(もん) (gimon shi), past ()(もん)した (gimon shita))

  1. to ask (implies a doubt about something)
    Synonym: (neutral, no nuances of doubt) 質問する (shitsumon suru)
  2. to doubt or suspect that something might not be real or true

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

疑問 (uimun) (hangeul 의문)

  1. hanja form? of 의문 (doubt)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

疑問

  1. chữ Hán form of nghi vấn (doubt).

Adjective

疑問

  1. chữ Hán form of nghi vấn (doubtful).