借问 (借問) jièwèn
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jièwèn
noun
[polite] May I ask?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 请问 (CC-CEDICT '借問'; Guoyu '借問' 2; Mathews 1931 '借問', p. 103) -
jièwèn
verb
to inquire; to ask
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 询问 (Guoyu '借問' 2) -
jièwèn
phrase
suppose one was to ask
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, in a poem (Guoyu '借問' 3)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Jing Tu Wu Hui Nian Fo Lue Fa Shi Yi Zan 淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 — count: 6
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 5
- Scroll 1 Li Dai Fabao Ji 曆代法寶記 — count: 4 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 8 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 5 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 29 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Wenshu Zhinan Tu Zan 文殊指南圖讚 — count: 2
Collocations
- 借问人 (借問人) 借問人言 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 24 — count: 3
- 借问诸人 (借問諸人) 借問諸人會也無 — Quotations from Chan Master Dongshan Liangjia from Ruizhou 瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 借问贫 (借問貧) 借問貧里 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
- 借问东 (借問東) 借問東隣西 — Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目, Scroll 2 — count: 2
- 好好借问 (好好借問) 好好借問 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 4 — count: 2
- 容易借问 (容易借問) 莫怪適來容易借問 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 15 — count: 2
- 自相借问 (自相借問) 坐訖自相借問 — Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳, Scroll 3 — count: 2
- 借问时 (借問時) 借問時人會也 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 4 — count: 2
- 来借问 (來借問) 時諸苾芻共來借問 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakṣudrakavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Za Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶雜事, Scroll 19 — count: 2
- 借问旱 (借問旱) 借問旱潦 — Jing Xin Jie Guan Fa 淨心戒觀法, Scroll 1 — count: 2