Chinese symbol for “interrogate”
审问
shěn wèn
Traditional: 審問
to interrogate; to examine; to question
The closest CC-CEDICT match for interrogate is 审问 (shěn wèn), defined as: to interrogate; to examine; to question.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “interrogate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讯问 (訊問) | xùn wèn | to interrogate; to ask about |
| 盘问 (盤問) | pán wèn | to interrogate; to cross-examine |
| 盘查 (盤查) | pán chá | to interrogate; to question (at a roadblock) |
| 鞫 | jū | to interrogate; to question |
| 讯 (訊) | xùn | (bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 审问.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审查 (審查) | shěn chá | to examine; to investigate |
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 审议 (審議) | shěn yì | (of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss |
| 审核 (審核) | shěn hé | to audit; to investigate thoroughly |
| 审批 (審批) | shěn pī | to examine and approve; to endorse |
| 审理 (審理) | shěn lǐ | to hear (a case) |
| 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 “interrogate”.
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.