反問

See also: 反问

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	to ask
trad. (反問)		反	問
simp. (反问)		反	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎnwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² man⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-mn̄g / hoán-būn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnwùn
  - Wade–Giles: fan³-wên⁴
  - Yale: fǎn-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanwenn
  - Palladius: фаньвэнь (fanʹvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² man⁶
  - Yale: fáan mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan² men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ mɐn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: huán-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnmng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-būn
  - Tâi-lô: huán-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnbun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²²/

Verb

反問

to answer a question with a question; to ask in reply

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 倒問／倒问

Noun

反問

(rhetoric) rhetorical question