Chinese word dictionary

聘问

pìn wèn · international exchange of visits; to visit as envoy; to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified聘问

Traditional聘問

Pinyinpìn wèn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

聘pìn

to employ, to engage; betrothed

问wèn

to ask about, to inquire after

How to learn 聘问

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

请问qǐngwèn

Excuse me, may I ask...?

问wèn

to ask; to inquire

问题wèntí

question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]

应聘yìngpìn

to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position

招聘zhāopìn

to invite applications for a job; to recruit

访问fǎngwèn

to visit; to call on (a person or place); (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc); (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story); CL:次[ci4]