See 問津 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "问津",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "問津",
"name": "zh-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to make inquiries about a ferry crossing",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese negative polarity items",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bùgǎnwènjīn",
"word": "不敢問津"
},
{
"roman": "bùgǎnwènjīn",
"word": "不敢问津"
},
{
"roman": "fárénwènjīn",
"word": "乏人問津"
},
{
"roman": "fárénwènjīn",
"word": "乏人问津"
},
{
"roman": "wúrénwènjīn",
"word": "無人問津"
},
{
"roman": "wúrénwènjīn",
"word": "无人问津"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to make inquiries (about prices or the situation)"
],
"id": "en-問津-zh-verb-nrA5BjFD",
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"inquiries",
"inquiries"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(formal, chiefly in the negative) to make inquiries (about prices or the situation)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "guòwèn",
"word": "過問"
},
{
"roman": "guòwèn",
"word": "过问"
}
],
"tags": [
"formal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wènjīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ zeon¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-chin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wènjīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wùnjin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wên⁴-chin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wèn-jīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wennjin"
},
{
"roman": "vɛnʹczinʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэньцзинь"
},
{
"ipa": "/wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ zeon¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mahn jēun"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ dzoen¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "men⁶ zên¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɐn²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-chin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tsin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "buxncyn"
},
{
"ipa": "/bun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sin³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bun²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tin"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tin"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "buxndyn"
},
{
"ipa": "/bun³³⁻²¹ tin⁴⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bun³³⁻¹¹ tin⁴⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
}
],
"word": "問津"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bùgǎnwènjīn",
"word": "不敢問津"
},
{
"roman": "bùgǎnwènjīn",
"word": "不敢问津"
},
{
"roman": "fárénwènjīn",
"word": "乏人問津"
},
{
"roman": "fárénwènjīn",
"word": "乏人问津"
},
{
"roman": "wúrénwènjīn",
"word": "無人問津"
},
{
"roman": "wúrénwènjīn",
"word": "无人问津"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "问津",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "問津",
"name": "zh-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to make inquiries about a ferry crossing",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese verbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese formal terms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese negative polarity items",
"Chinese terms spelled with 問",
"Chinese terms spelled with 津",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese verbs",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Hokkien verbs",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to make inquiries (about prices or the situation)"
],
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"inquiries",
"inquiries"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(formal, chiefly in the negative) to make inquiries (about prices or the situation)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"tags": [
"formal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wènjīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ zeon¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-chin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wènjīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wùnjin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wên⁴-chin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wèn-jīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wennjin"
},
{
"roman": "vɛnʹczinʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэньцзинь"
},
{
"ipa": "/wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ zeon¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mahn jēun"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ dzoen¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "men⁶ zên¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɐn²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-chin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tsin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "buxncyn"
},
{
"ipa": "/bun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sin³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bun²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tin"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "būn-tin"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "buxndyn"
},
{
"ipa": "/bun³³⁻²¹ tin⁴⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bun³³⁻¹¹ tin⁴⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "guòwèn",
"word": "過問"
},
{
"roman": "guòwèn",
"word": "过问"
}
],
"word": "問津"
}
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