問號

See also: 问号

Chinese

		to ask	number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry
trad. (問號)		問	號
simp. (问号)		问	号

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wènhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вынхо (vɨnho, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ hou⁶ / man⁶ hou^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̄g-hō / būn-hō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnhào
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: wèn-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennhaw
    • Palladius: вэньхао (vɛnʹxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènhàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnhàor
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-hao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: wèn-hàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennhawl
    • Palladius: вэньхаор (vɛnʹxaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вынхо (vɨnho, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vəŋ⁴⁴ xɔ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁶ hou⁶ / man⁶ hou^6-2
    • Yale: mahn houh / mahn hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ hou⁶ / man⁶ hou^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ hou⁶ / men⁶ hou^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² hou̯²²/, /mɐn²² hou̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-hō
    • Tâi-lô: mn̄g-hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngxhoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ ho³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² ho⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ hɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-hō
    • Tâi-lô: būn-hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxnhoi
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ hɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ ho²²/

Noun

問號

1. question mark
2. (figurative) unknown factor; unsolved problem

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 問號 (“question mark”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		問號
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	問號兒, 疑問號兒
	Taiwan	問號
	Singapore	問號
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	問號
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	問題號
Cantonese	Hong Kong	問號
Southern Min	Xiamen	問號
	Quanzhou	問號
	Zhangzhou	問號

Derived terms

• 小問號／小问号 (xiǎowènhào)
• 黑人問號臉／黑人问号脸 (hēirén wènhào liǎn)