"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
问道
to ask the way
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to ask the way
02
to ask
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 问道 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 问道 appears in 12 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
"'Story'?" the woman asked. "What do you mean?"
"How many keys?" asked Pepperberg.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 问道.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 问道.
Directly before
- 小白兔问道2
- 他问道2
- 学生问道1
- 职员问道1
- 店员问道1
Directly after
- 问道是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 问道
What does 问道 mean in Chinese?
问道 (wèndào) means to ask the way.
How do you pronounce 问道?
问道 is pronounced wèndào.
Is 问道 an HSK word?
问道 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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