Chinese symbol for “grill”

提问

tí wèn

Traditional: 提問

to question; to quiz; to grill

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grill is 提问 (tí wèn), defined as: to question; to quiz; to grill.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

提 tí

to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise

radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes

问 wèn

to ask about, to inquire after

radical 169 ⾨ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

問 wèn

Other Chinese words for “grill”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
烤	kǎo	to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
烤架	kǎo jià	grill (of a cooker etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 提问.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
提供	tí gōng	to offer; to supply
提出	tí chū	to raise (an issue); to propose
提高	tí gāo	to raise; to increase
提升	tí shēng	to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
提醒	tí xǐng	to remind; to call attention to
提到	tí dào	to mention; to raise (a subject)
问题 (問題)	wèn tí	question; problem
访问 (訪問)	fǎng wèn	to visit; to call on (a person or place); (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “grill”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.