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(2) Communication: 音問 news, correspondence.
問明 [wen4ming2]1↓;
問他 ask him;
詢問 ask, also interview for news;
訪問 to interview (person), study (country) while travelling;
問道於盲 ask the way from a blind man;
問長問短，問東問西 ask all sorts of questions;
不聞不問 neither care to inquire nor to hear;
不問好歹 without first asking about what happened;
不恥下問 (Confucius) was not ashamed to ask from common people.
(2) To examine, cross-examine, question: 訊問，審問，究問 examine at court;
責問 to hold responsible;
查問 inquire into facts;
追問 ask about the past.
(3) To consult: 顧問 v.t., ask for advice, n., advisor;
問卜，問卦 [wen4bu3], [wen4gua4]↓;
問醫 consult a doctor.
(4) To hold responsible: 唯子是問 (LL) hold you responsible.
2.問安 [wen4an1], v.i. & t., to give greeting, ask about health.
3.問卜 [wen4bu3], phr., to consult fortunetellers.
4.問寢 [wen4qin3], phr., (AC) to say “good night”to parents in bed.
5.問取 [wen4qU3], v.t., (MC) to ask (cf. 聽取意見 listen to opinions).
6.問倒 [wen4dao3], v.t., as in 給他問倒 to be stymied in questions, unable to answer.
7.問答 [wen4da2], n., dialogue: 一問一答 answer to each question successively.
8.問鼎 [wen4ding3], phr., (AC, allu.) “inquire about the tripod”-symbol of royal power－entertain ambition to be king.
9.問短 [wen4duan3], v.t., see [wen4zhu4]↓.
10.問卦 [wen4gua4], phr., consult oracles.
11.問官 [wen4guan1], ([wen4guan0]), n., the examining judge.
12.問供 [wen4gong1], v.i., examine and take affidavit.
13.問好 [wen4hao3], v.i., to give greeting.
14.問號（兒） [wen4hao4] ([er0]), n., the question mark.
15.問候 [wen4hou4] ([wen4hou0]), v.t., to greet (person), ask about his health.
16.問話 [wen4hua4], v.i., to ask questions; n., a question.
17.問斬 [wen4zhan3], v.t., sentence to execution.
18.問禁 [wen4jin4], phr., 入境問禁 ask about taboos and bans upon arrival in foreign country.
19.問津 [wen4jin1], phr., (AC, allu.) to ask for directions (lit., “about ferry”).
20.問疾 [wen4ji2], phr., visit a patient.
21.問住 [wen4zhu0], v.i., 問住了 to be unable to answer a difficult question.
22.問明 [wen4ming2]1, v.t., ask for explicit answers, find out: 問明原委 find out origin of affair.
23.問名 [wen4ming2]2, phr., formerly, to ask for name and horoscope of one about to be formally betrothed.
24.問難 [wen4nan4], v.i. & t., to test with difficult questions.
25.問心 [wen4xin1], phr., 問心無愧 feel one has done one's best upon self-examination.
26.問世 [wen4shi4]1, v.i., to present, be presented, to the public by publication of book, or setting up to be physician.
27.問事 [wen4shi4]2, v.i., to attend to work.
28.問事處 [wen4shi4chu4], n., information desk.
29.問訊 [wen4xUn4] ([wen4xUn0]), v.i. & n., to inquire, -ry; [wen4xUn4] (wehn-’shyun), 問訊處 information desk.
30.問題 [wen4ti2], n., problem to be solved; questions in examinations.
31.問罪 [wen4zui4], v.i., (1) to sentence as guilty; (2) 興師問罪 send a punitive expedition.
32.問業 [wen4ye4], v.i., ask advice from master on learning or professional subjects.