借问 (借問) jièwèn

  1. 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)
  2. jièwèn verb to inquire; to ask
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 询问 (Guoyu '借問' 2)
  3. 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 29 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 12 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 26 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 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
  • 借问人 (借問人) 借問人言 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 24 — count: 3
  • 晨借问 (晨借問) 明晨借問僉言黑氣都除 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 5 — count: 2
  • 借问东 (借問東) 借問東隣西 — Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目, Scroll 2 — 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
  • 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
  • 借问余 (借問餘) 借問餘人 — Mahīśāsakavinaya 彌沙塞部和醯五分律, Scroll 7 — 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