吗 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions) syn 呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn 问题 問題 wèn tí question / problem / issue / topic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 哪里 哪裡 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment syn 不行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable syn 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 题 題 tí topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4] syn 质疑 質疑 zhì yí to call into question / to question (truth or validity) syn 审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate / to examine / to question syn 疑问 疑問 yí wèn question / interrogation / doubt syn 提问 提問 tí wèn to question / to quiz / to grill syn 质 質 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] syn 强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive 题目 題目 tí mù subject / title / topic (CL:個|个[ge4]) / exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4]) syn 问话 問話 wèn huà to ask sb a question / question syn 让步 讓步 ràng bù to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive syn 拷问 拷問 kǎo wèn to question via torture syn 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul syn 答对 答對 dá duì (usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question syn 质问 質問 zhì wèn to question / to ask questions / to inquire / to bring to account / to interrogate syn 名词 名詞 míng cí (linguistics) noun / term (name for a concept) 问答 問答 wèn dá question and answer 同音 tóng yīn (music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous / homonymic 悬案 懸案 xuán àn unresolved question / unresolved case syn 不成 bù chéng won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? syn 追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter syn 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) syn 发问 發問 fā wèn to question / to ask / to raise a question syn 质询 質詢 zhì xún to question / to enquire / interrogatory syn 不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned syn 韵律 韻律 yùn lǜ cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 反问 反問 fǎn wèn to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question syn 语言学 語言學 yǔ yán xué linguistics 问号 問號 wèn hào question mark (punct.) / unknown factor / unsolved problem / interrogation syn 复数 複數 fù shù (linguistics) plural / (math.) complex number 试题 試題 shì tí exam question / test topic syn 盘查 盤查 pán chá to interrogate / to question (at a roadblock) syn 何尝 何嘗 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that... syn 谈不上 談不上 tán bu shàng to be out of the question 映射 yìng shè to shine on / (math., linguistics etc) mapping syn 选择题 選擇題 xuǎn zé tí multiple-choice question 何乐而不为 何樂而不為 hé lè ér bù wéi what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) syn 音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn 抢答 搶答 qiǎng dá to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show) 疑问句 疑問句 yí wèn jù question (grammar) / interrogative sentence 后缀 後綴 hòu zhuì suffix (linguistics) 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 答非所问 答非所問 dá fēi suǒ wèn (idiom) to sidestep the question / to answer evasively syn 映衬 映襯 yìng chèn to set off by contrast / antithesis / analogy parallelism (linguistics) syn 呼应 呼應 hū yìng to conform (with) / to echo / to correlate well / (linguistics) agreement syn 前缀 前綴 qián zhuì prefix (linguistics) 存疑 cún yí to leave a question open / to hold doubts / to be skeptical syn 习题 習題 xí tí (schoolwork) exercise / problem / question syn 形态学 形態學 xíng tài xué morphology (in biology or linguistics) 考题 考題 kǎo tí exam question syn 日化 rì huà household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品[ri4 yong4 hua4 xue2 zhi4 pin3]) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic 倒装 倒裝 dào zhuāng (linguistics) to invert (word order) 转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape 会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not 连连看 連連看 lián lián kàn pattern matching (puzzle game) / matching (type of test question in which presented items are to be paired up) 口音 kǒu yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds syn 用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to 收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable) 例题 例題 lì tí problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom / practice question (used in preparation for an exam) / sample question 答问 答問 dá wèn to answer a question / question and answer syn 逼问 逼問 bī wèn to question intensely / to interrogate / to demand information 明知故问 明知故問 míng zhī gù wèn to ask a question, already knowing the answer syn 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 情态 情態 qíng tài spirit / mood / (linguistics) modal syn 虚词 虛詞 xū cí (linguistics) function word 多选题 多選題 duō xuǎn tí multiple-choice question 一问三不知 一問三不知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance syn 词法 詞法 cí fǎ morphology (linguistics) / word formation and inflection 实词 實詞 shí cí (linguistics) content word 多义 多義 duō yì polysemy / polysemous / ambiguity (linguistics) 词类 詞類 cí lèi (linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category 模态 模態 mó tài modal (computing, linguistics) 讯 訊 xùn (bound form) to ask / to inquire / (bound form) to interrogate / to question / (bound form) news / information syn 乎 hū (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) syn 岂 豈 qǐ how? (emphatic question) syn 哪门子 哪門子 nǎ mén zi (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth syn 像话 像話 xiàng huà proper / appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) 出难题 出難題 chū nán tí to raise a tough question syn 升调 昇調 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 喉音 hóu yīn guttural sound / (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant 反诘 反詰 fǎn jié to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question syn 词缀 詞綴 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics) 词汇学 詞彙學 cí huì xué lexicology (linguistics) 语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data 诘 詰 jié (bound form) to question closely / to interrogate 啻 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just 鞫 jú to interrogate / to question syn 鞫 jū to interrogate / to question / Taiwan pr. [ju2] syn 降调 降調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote 偏题 偏題 piān tí to go off-topic / to stray from the topic / obscure question / trick exam question / catch question (CL:道[dao4]) syn 拟音 擬音 nǐ yīn to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language 词形 詞形 cí xíng form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation) / morphology (linguistics) 