問道

问道
wèndào
  1. to ask the way
  2. to ask

CEDICT

to ask (a question, used with direct speech)

Wiktionary

Examples

「故事？」妇女问道。「您是什么意思？」

"'Story'?" the woman asked. "What do you mean?"

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 問 wèn to ask; to inquire
2 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

Containing this entry

問道於盲 wèndàoyúmáng
  1. lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)
  2. fig. to seek advice from an incompetent

Related entries

問路 wènlù
  1. to ask for directions
  2. to ask the way (to some place)
问路总比误入歧途好。

Better to ask the way than go astray.

Source: Tatoeba

告求 gàoqiú to ask
央及 yāngjí
  1. to ask
  2. to plead
  3. to beg
  4. to involve
索取 suǒqǔ
  1. to ask
  2. to demand
從你出生起，你的心臟就每天 24 小時、每週 7 天、每年 365 天不停地工作，從未向你索取任何回報。

Your heart has been working twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year since you were born, and it has never asked for or charged you anything in return.

Source: Tatoeba

請 qǐng
  1. to ask
  2. to invite
  3. please (do sth)
  4. to treat (to a meal etc)
  5. to request
請聽！

Please listen!

Source: Tatoeba

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