请
问

Excuse me, may I ask...? in Chinese: 请问 (qǐng wèn)

qǐng wèn

Excuse me, may I ask...?

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 請問1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Excuse me, may I ask...?

Stroke order

Watch how to write 请问 stroke by stroke.

请
问

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄑㄧㄥˇ

qǐng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄨㄣˋ

wèn

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

请问

Simplified

請問

Traditional

Example sentences

See 请问 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 请问，火车站在哪里？

    qǐng wèn， huǒ chē zhàn zài nǎ lǐ？

    Excuse me, where is the train station?

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

请

qǐng

to ask

问

wèn

to ask

问题

wèn tí

question

访问

fǎng wèn

to visit

请假

qǐng jià

to request leave of absence

请客

qǐng kè

to give a dinner party

申请

shēn qǐng

to apply for sth

邀请

yāo qǐng

to invite

请求

qǐng qiú

to request

提问

tí wèn

to question

问候

wèn hòu

to give one's respects

学问

xué wèn

learning

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 1 vocabulary list

Learn 请问 with spaced repetition

Add 请问 (qǐng wèn) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included