COMMON QUESTIONS · 44 WORDS
Sorted by frequency, most common words first.
- 问路(問路)wèn lù· to ask for directions
- 查询(查詢)chá xún· to check
- 面对面(面對面)miàn duì miàn· face to face
- 答dā· bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
- 提问(提問)tí wèn· to question; to quiz; to grill
- 打听(打聽)dǎ ting· to ask about
- 疑问(疑問)yí wèn· question
- 问候(問候)wèn hòu· to give one's respects
- 询问(詢問)xún wèn· to inquire
- 哪些nǎ xiē· which ones?
- 能否néng fǒu· whether or not
- 干吗(幹嗎)gàn má· variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
- 请问(請問)qǐng wèn· Excuse me, may I ask...?
- 究竟jiū jìng· to go to the bottom of a matter
- 什么样(什麼樣)shén me yàng· what kind?; what sort?
- 救命jiù mìng· to save sb's life
- 为何(為何)wèi hé· why
- 多久duō jiǔ· (of time) how long?
- 啥shá· dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
- 难道(難道)nán dào· don't tell me ...
- 是否shì fǒu· whether (or not)
- 怎么办(怎麼辦)zěn me bàn· what's to be done
- 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?
- 多少duō shǎo· number; amount
- 再见(再見)zài jiàn· goodbye
- 干什么(幹什麼)gàn shén me· what are you doing?
- 如何rú hé· how
- 嗨hāi· oh alas
- 问(問)wèn· to ask; to inquire
- 是不是shì bu shì· is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 怎么样(怎麼樣)zěn me yàng· how?
- 哪里(哪裏)nǎ lǐ· where?
- 哪nǎ· how
- 问题(問題)wèn tí· question
- 为什么(為什麼)wèi shén me· why?
- 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?
- 反问(反問)fǎn wèn· to ask (a question) in reply
- 请坐(請坐)qǐng zuò· please, have a seat