Standing before a gate and calling out with your mouth is asking.
to ask; to inquire
中用语言向别人请求答案或信息yòng yǔyán xiàng biérén qǐngqiú dáàn huò xìnxī
I'm asking you a question.
She asked a passerby for directions to the train station.
I'd like to ask you a question.
How many people have come asking about this before him?
If you already know, why are you even asking?
Ask him whether he got fired by his boss, or whether he fired his boss.
Tom asked Mary who painted the picture.
to ask; to inquire
中用语言向别人请求答案或信息yòng yǔyán xiàng biérén qǐngqiú dáàn huò xìnxī
I'm asking you a question.
She asked a passerby for directions to the train station.
I'd like to ask you a question.
How many people have come asking about this before him?
If you already know, why are you even asking?
Ask him whether he got fired by his boss, or whether he fired his boss.
Tom asked Mary who painted the picture.