問
简 问 · 繁 問Meanings
- to ask; to inquire
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- to ask
- to inquire about; to ask about
- to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
- to try; to interrogate; to subject to an inquest
- to call to account; to hold to account; to take to task
- to interfere; to intervene; to meddle
- (colloquial) to; from
- a surname, Wen
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