诘问

詰問

jiéwèn

verb #33,286

Meanings

1 to interrogate
2 to question closely
3 to cross-examine

Characters

to interrogate, to press for answers

Examples

HSK 6

记者诘问了官员关于这起事故的责任。

Jìzhě jiéwèn le guānyuán guānyú zhè qǐ shìgù de zérèn.

Reporters closely questioned the official about responsibility for this accident.

HSK 7-9

面对父亲的诘问，他低下了头。

Miànduì fùqīn de jiéwèn, tā dīxià le tóu.

Faced with his father's interrogation, he lowered his head.

Tips

register

诘问 is formal/literary - common in news writing, legal contexts, and serious dialogue. Plain 'ask' is 问; 诘问 implies pressing, accusatory questioning where the asker doubts the answerer.

Stroke Order

诘 jié

问 wèn