问
Pinyin: wèn
to ask
Example sentence
我可以问一个问题吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ wèn yí gè wèntí ma?
May I ask a question?
What 问 means
问 (wèn) is a Chinese word meaning “to ask”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at HSK 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.