要问

need to ask; should ask, if you ask, be going to ask; intend to ask

→ 要

phrase Common #4,731

need to ask; should ask 要问 expresses that someone needs or ought to ask. The person or topic being asked about can follow it.

CH: 规矩如果不懂要问，知道吗？

EN: If you don’t understand the rules, you should ask, okay?

我有些问题要问你

I have a few questions to ask you.

— 亚特兰蒂斯：失落的帝国 (2001)

好啊，因为我没啥要问的

Sure, because I don't really have anything to ask.

— 大病 (2017)

他做什么事都要问老妈

He has to ask his mom about everything he does.

— 西西里的美丽传说 (2000)

规矩如果不懂要问知道吗？

If you don’t understand the rules, you should ask. Got it?

— A Sun (2019)

我有几个问题要问他们，而且他们必须给我答案。

I have a few questions for them, and they have to answer me.

phrase Rare #32,739

if you ask Often introduces the person or thing being asked about, or gives the speaker’s opinion: 要问我的话 means “if you ask me.”

CH: 要问我的话，我觉得他应该留下来。

EN: If you ask me, I think he should stay.

要问娜利，她假装是少怀

You’d have to ask Nali; she pretends to be Shaohuai.

— 睁开你的双眼 (1997)

这个嘛我看要问大龙猫才会知道罗

Well, I think you’d have to ask Dàlóngmāo to know for sure.

— 龙猫 (1988)

如果你要问我的话

If you ask me

— 伊莲娜 (2011)

如果要问我的想法我希望他关到老

If you ask me what I think, I hope they keep him locked up for the rest of his life.

— A Sun (2019)

phrase Rare #32,740

be going to ask; intend to ask Used for an intended or upcoming act of asking.

CH: 我有几个问题要问你。

EN: I have a few questions to ask you.

要问我什么问题?

What do you want to ask me?

— 谜一样的双眼 (2009)

我才要问你这个呢

I was just about to ask you the same thing.

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)

我有一些有趣的问题要问汤姆。

I have some interesting questions to ask Tom.

你刚才说这两天看了很多家旅馆我在想你可能你要问些什么？

You just said that you’ve looked at a lot of hotels over the past couple of days. I was wondering what you might want to ask.

— 惊魂记 (1960)