HSK 6 · Verbs

过问 guòwèn “to concern oneself with” in Chinese

Traditional 過問

What 过问 means

  1. to concern oneself with
  2. to take an interest in
  3. to show an interest in
  4. to get involved with

How to say 过问

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale问wèn4th tone, falling

过问 in a sentence

  1. 她亲自过问了此事。

    Tā qīnzì guòwèn le cǐ shì.

    She looked into the matter personally.

    Sentence #805542 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 过问 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 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

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 过问

过 6 strokes · 问 6 strokes

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

Words related to 过问

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events

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慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy

More words: Thinking & Talking

构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)鼓动gǔdòng · to stir up辜负gūfù · to let down过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me寒暄hánxuān · to exchange pleasantries哼hēng · to hum哄hǒng · to coax吼hǒu · to roar

FAQs

过问 (guòwèn) means “to concern oneself with” or “to take an interest in”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guòwèn: guò with a 4th 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, 过问 is written 過問. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guowen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过问 from the suggestions. Typing guowen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过问 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.