問 (wèn): “to ask” in Chinese

阿嬤問我：「你覺得哪一種好吃？」全家都看著我。

ā mà wèn wǒ nǐ jué de nǎ yì zhǒng hǎo chī quán jiā dōu kàn zhe wǒ

Grandma asked me, 'Which kind do you think is better?' The whole family turned to look at me.

不知道！我問了一位阿姨：「請問，郵局在哪裡？」她說「直走」，我就一直走。

bù zhī dào wǒ wèn le yí wèi ā yí qǐng wèn yóu jú zài nǎ lǐ tā shuō zhí zǒu wǒ jiù yì zhí zǒu

No idea! I asked a lady, 'Excuse me, where's the post office?' She said 'go straight,' so I just... kept going.

「你最近是不是常常去鐘樓那裡？」小雨盯著他的眼睛問。

nǐ zuì jìn shì bú shì cháng cháng qù zhōng lóu nà lǐ Xiǎoyǔ dīng zhe tā de yǎn jīng wèn

"You've been going to the bell tower a lot lately, haven't you?" Xiaoyu asked, watching his eyes.

小雨決定直接去問陳阿公。可是他家的門關著，她敲了三次，裡面一點聲音也沒有。

Xiǎoyǔ jué dìng zhí jiē qù wèn Chén Āgōng kě shì tā jiā de mén guān zhe tā qiāo le sān cì lǐ miàn yì diǎn shēng yīn yě méi yǒu

Xiaoyu decided to go straight to Grandpa Chen. But his door was shut; she knocked three times, and there wasn't a sound from inside.

她把發票塞回口袋，推開雜貨店的門。這一次，她要親自問林太太清楚。

tā bǎ fā piào sāi huí kǒu dài tuī kāi zá huò diàn de mén zhè yí cì tā yào qīn zì wèn Lín Tàitài qīng chǔ

She shoved the receipt back into her pocket and pushed open the shop door. This time, she'd ask Mrs. Lin herself — and get a straight answer.