HSK 6 · Verbs

访问 fǎngwèn “to visit” in Chinese

Traditional 訪問

What 访问 means

  1. to visit
  2. to call on
  3. to interview
  4. to call on (a person or place)
  5. (computing) to visit (a website)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to access (a network resource etc)

Measure word 次 cì · 一次访问 yí cì fǎngwèn

How to say 访问

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale访fǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale问wèn4th tone, falling

访问 in a sentence

  1. 他访问过许多亚洲国家。

    Tā fǎngwèn guo xǔduō Yàzhōu guójiā.

    He has visited many countries in Asia.

    Sentence #848534 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 每年有成千上万的外国人访问日本。

    Měinián yǒu chéngqiānshàngwàn de wàiguórén fǎngwèn Rìběn.

    Every year, thousands upon thousands of foreigners visit Japan.

    Sentence #332823 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 春天是访问京都最好的季节。

    Chūntiān shì fǎngwèn Jīngdū zuìhǎo de jìjié.

    Spring is the best season to visit Kyoto.

    Sentence #782267 from Tatoeba

How 访问 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 访 (fǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
访fǎngto seek by inquiry
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǎng.

The character 问 (wèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
问wènto ask; to inquire
  • 门gate · ménSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 门 (mén) hints at the sound. Compare it with wèn.

Memory aidA mouth 口 at the gate 门, with 门 (mén) giving the sound: to ask.

How to write 访问

访 6 strokes · 问 6 strokes

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访问 (fǎngwèn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 访问 (fǎngwèn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 访问

Words with 访

采访cǎifǎng · to interview拜访bàifǎng · to pay a visit

Words with 问

请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me问wèn · to ask问题wèntí · question提问tíwèn · to question问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects询问xúnwèn · to inquire疑问yíwèn · question学问xuéwèn · learning反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with

More words: Common Verbs

恶化èhuà · to worsen遏制èzhì · to curb发动fādòng · to start放大fàngdà · to enlarge防止fángzhǐ · to prevent反抗fǎnkàng · to resist发扬fāyáng · to carry forward逢féng · to come across

FAQs

访问 (fǎngwèn) means “to visit” or “to call on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎngwèn: fǎng with a 3rd tone, then wèn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 访问 is written 訪問. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì). For example, one to visit is 一次访问 (yí cì fǎngwèn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangwen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 访问 from the suggestions. Typing fangwen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
访问 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.