问問 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use

Stroke order

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 問, the traditional character: 问 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 9 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• “一只猫？”老先生问。

  "A cat?" asked the old man.

• “以前我们没在哪儿见过吗？”学生问道。

  "Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

• “你感觉怎么样？”他问。

  "How do you feel?" he asked.

• “是黑车吗？”我问他。

  "Is it an illegal taxi?" I ask him.

• 「几把钥匙？」Pepperberg 问道。

  "How many keys?" asked Pepperberg.

• Roland女士，你对这个问题怎么看？

  Ms. Roland, what do you think about this problem?

• 一个傻瓜问出的问题，能多到连十个智者都顾不及回答。

  One idiot can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer.

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