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询问

xún wèn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 詢問

询问 (xún wèn) means "to inquire". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 询问 means

1. to inquire; to ask about

The characters in 询问

• 询xúnto ask about; to inquire about
• 问wènto ask; to inquire

Example sentences

• 询问处在哪里？
  Where is the information counter?
• 请向服务台询问。
  Qǐng xiàng fúwùtái xúnwèn.
  Please ask at the information desk.
• 我向他公司询问了他的经历。
  I asked the company for his resume.
• 如果你迷路了，请向警察询问。
  If you lose your way, ask a policeman.

Words starting with 询问

• 询问台xún wèn táiinformation desk

Sounds the same

Read xún wèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寻问to inquire

Where 询问 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Change, Reflection & Inquiry (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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