ASKING QUESTIONS · 33 WORDS
Sorted by frequency.
- 提问(提問)tí wèn· to question; to quiz; to grill
- 哪些nǎ xiē· which ones?
- 左边(左邊)zuǒ bian· left
- 左zuǒ· left
- 右yòu· (bound form) right; right-hand side
- 请问(請問)qǐng wèn· Excuse me, may I ask...?
- 什么样(什麼樣)shén me yàng· what kind?; what sort?
- 为何(為何)wèi hé· why
- 回答huí dá· to reply; to answer
- 啥shá· dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
- 那儿(那兒)nà r· there
- 那边(那邊)nà bian· over there
- 有没有(有沒有)yǒu méi yǒu· (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?
- 怎样(怎樣)zěn yàng· how
- 哪儿(哪兒)nǎ r· where?
- 干什么(幹什麼)gàn shén me· what are you doing?
- 如何rú hé· how
- 问(問)wèn· to ask; to inquire
- 是不是shì bu shì· is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 这儿(這兒)zhè r· here
- 哪里(哪裏)nǎ lǐ· where?
- 那里(那裏)nà li· there; that place
- 哪nǎ· how
- 地方dì fāng· region
- 中zhōng· within; among; in
- 问题(問題)wèn tí· question
- 还是(還是)hái shi· still (as before)
- 请(請)qǐng· to ask
- 谁(誰)shéi· who
- 怎么(怎麼)zěn me· variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
- 呢ne· (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
- 什么(什麼)shén me· what?
- 吗(嗎)má· (coll.) what?
Example sentences · 5
- 请向前看，不要回头。Qǐng xiàng qián kàn, bù yào huí tóu.Look ahead and don't look back.
- 你叫什么名字？Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?What is your name?
- 这是什么？Zhè shì shénme?What is this?
- 你好吗？Nǐ hǎo ma?How are you?
- 你从哪里来？Nǐ cóng nǎlǐ lái?Where are you from?