问题

wèn tí

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Traditional: 問題

Meaning · English

A question that someone asks; also a problem, something wrong or difficult. Context decides: 我有一个问题 is usually 'I have a question', 没问题 is 'no problem', and 有问题 can mean 'something is wrong'. To ask a question is 问问题; the measure word is 个.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Câu hỏi; cũng có nghĩa là vấn đề, điều trục trặc. Phải dựa vào ngữ cảnh: 我有一个问题 thường là “tôi có một câu hỏi”, 没问题 là “không vấn đề gì, không sao”, 有问题 có thể là “có trục trặc”. Đặt câu hỏi là 问问题; lượng từ là 个.

Literally: ask + topic

NounRegister: neutral

Examples

老师,我有一个问题。Lǎoshī, wǒ yǒu yī gè wèntí.Teacher, I have a question.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check

Sources & notes

Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 问/問 = vấn, 题/題 = đề · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “vấn đề” (van-de). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.

Equivalents & related

Common questions

What does “问题” mean?

A question that someone asks; also a problem, something wrong or difficult. Context decides: 我有一个问题 is usually 'I have a question', 没问题 is 'no problem', and 有问题 can mean 'something is wrong'. To ask a question is 问问题; the measure word is 个. Literally: ask + topic

Is “问题” formal or informal?

问题 is generally neutral.

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