疑問

See also: 疑问

Chinese
to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect to ask
trad. (疑問) 疑 問
simp. (疑问) 疑 问

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 疑 問
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 語其切 亡運切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɨ/ /mɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋɨ/ /miunH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋie/ /miuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋɨ/ /munH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋiə/ /miuənH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭə/ /mĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋi/ /mi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yí wèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ji4 man6

Noun

疑問

  1. query; question; doubt

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
疑 問
ぎ
Grade: 6		 もん
Grade: 3
on’yomi goon

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 疑問 (MC ŋɨ mɨunH, literally “doubt, suspicion + ask”), apparently borrowed later as a learned borrowing from Literary Chinese of the same source term.

First attested in the early 1600s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

疑(ぎ)問(もん) • (gimon) 

  1. [from early 1600s] a question (implies a doubt about something)
    Synonym: (neutral, no nuances of doubt) 質問 (shitsumon)
  2. [from 1887] a doubt or suspicion about whether something is real or true

Verb

疑(ぎ)問(もん)する • (gimon suru) suru (stem 疑(ぎ)問(もん)し (gimon shi), past 疑(ぎ)問(もん)した (gimon shita))

  1. [from early 1600s] to ask (implies a doubt about something)
    Synonym: (neutral, no nuances of doubt) 質問する (shitsumon suru)
  2. [from 1887] to doubt or suspect that something might not be real or true

Conjugation
Conjugation of "疑問する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 疑問し ぎもんし gimon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 疑問し ぎもんし gimon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 疑問する ぎもんする gimon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 疑問する ぎもんする gimon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 疑問すれ ぎもんすれ gimon sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 疑問せよ¹
疑問しろ²		 ぎもんせよ¹
ぎもんしろ²		 gimon seyo¹
gimon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 疑問される ぎもんされる gimon sareru
Causative 疑問させる
疑問さす		 ぎもんさせる
ぎもんさす		 gimon saseru
gimon sasu
Potential 疑問できる ぎもんできる gimon dekiru
Volitional 疑問しよう ぎもんしよう gimon shiyō
Negative 疑問しない ぎもんしない gimon shinai
Negative continuative 疑問せず ぎもんせず gimon sezu
Formal 疑問します ぎもんします gimon shimasu
Perfective 疑問した ぎもんした gimon shita
Conjunctive 疑問して ぎもんして gimon shite
Hypothetical conditional 疑問すれば ぎもんすれば gimon sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
疑問

Noun

疑問 • (uimun) (hangeul 의문)

  1. Hanja form? of 의문 (“doubt”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
疑問

Noun

疑問

  1. chữ Hán form of nghi vấn (“doubt”).

Adjective

疑問

  1. chữ Hán form of nghi vấn (“doubtful”).
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