Character Details
| excuse me | Ascii: — | w858 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 请问 | qǐngwèn | tcheeng-wun | 3+4 | 试 try + 试 try → try (casual) | 请问 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - Phonetically, 青 → usually “-ing” ending, often q/j initial. | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - Excuse me, what is the date today? | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; polite phrase | 请 (讠speech + 青 blue/green) + 问 (门 door + 口 mouth) | ||||||||||
| A polite blue‑robed scholar knocks gently and asks a respectful question. | |||||||||||