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May i ask in Chinese

may I ask · HSK 1

请问 qǐng wèn

  1. 请 qǐng please
  2. 问 wèn to ask

请问,洗手间在哪儿? Excuse me, where is the restroom?

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How do you say may i ask in Chinese?

May i ask in Chinese is 请问 (qǐng wèn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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