ask

/ɑːsk/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɑːsk/

ask

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Open ah vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> ask

Myanmar meaning

(v) မေးမြန်းသည်။ စုံစမ်းသည်။ (n) မေးမြန်းခြင်း။

Full entry

ask /ɑ:sk; US æsk/ v

၁။ ~ (sb) (about sb/ sth) မေးမြန်းသည်။ စုံစမ်းသည်။
‘Where are you going?’ She asked. ❍ She asked about my future plans. ❍ Ask him about the ring you lost—someone may have handed it in to the receptionist. ❍ Don't be afraid to ask questions. ❍ Did you ask the price? ❍ She asked them their names. ❍ He asked where I lived. ❍ I had to ask the teacher what to do next. ❍ She asked (me) If I could drive. ❍ I'm not insisting. I'm only asking.
၂။ ~ (sb) for sth; ~ sth (of sb) တောင်းသည်။ (ပြုလုပ်ပေးရန်) မေတ္တာရပ်သည်။
Why don't you ask for a pay increase? ❍ ask for a cheese sandwich ❍ ask sb's advice/ opinion/ views ❍ If you want to camp in this field you must ask the farmer's permission. ❍ May I ask a favour (of you)? ❍ It's asking an awful lot of you to have my whole family to stay.
ငါ့ တစ်မိသားစုလုံး တက်နေဖို့ တောင်းခံတာကတော့ မင်းအပေါ် လွန်ရာကျပါတယ်။ ❍ I asked whether the airline would change my ticket. ❍ They asked the bank whether the loan could be increased. ❍ She asked (me) if I would drive her home. ❍ I asked james to buy some bread. ❍ ‘Could you help me move the table?’ she asked.
၃။ ခွင့်တောင်းသည်။
ask to use the car ❍ ask to speak to sb (eg on the phone) ❍ Ask whether it's all right to park here. ❍ I asked my boss whether I could have the day off. ❍ I must ask you to excuse me.
၄။ ~ sb (to sth) ဖိတ်ကြားသည်။
ask them to dinner ❍ He's asked me out several times already. ❍ Shall we ask the neighbours in/ round (ie to our house)? ❍ She's asked him to come to the party.
၅။ ~ sth (for sth) ဈေးဆိုသည်။ ဈေးခေါ်သည်။ You're asking too much—you'll never sell it at that price. ❍ how much are they asking for their house?
၆။ မျှော်လင့်သည်။ တောင်းဆိုသည်။
It's asking a lot to expect them to win from this position. ❍ You're asking too much of him—he's already working as hard as he can.
❏ ask after sb [PHRV ] မာကြောင်းသာကြောင်း သတင်းပလင်း မေးမြန်းသည်။ He always asks after you in his letters.
❏ ask around [PHRV ] လိုက်လံစုံစမ်းသည်။ လျှောက် မေးသည်။ don't know of any vacancies in the company but I'll ask around.
❏ ask for sb/ sth [PHRV ] မေးသည်။ စုံစမ်းသည်။ ask for the manager/ the bar.
❏ ask for trouble/ it [IDM ] (infml ) ကိုယ့်ပြဿနာ ကိုယ်ရှာသည်။ Driving after drinking alcohol is asking for trouble.
❏ asking price n ခေါ်ဈေး။ Never offer more than the asking price for a house.
❏ for the asking [IDM ] တောင်းကာမျှဖြင့်…။ The job is yours for the asking (ie If you say you want it, it will be given to you).
❏ I ask you [IDM ] (infml ) မေးစမ်းပါရစေ (ကြားဖူး ရဲ့လား…)။ I ask you! Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous in all your life?
❏ if you ask me [IDM ] ငါ့အမြင်ကတော့။ ငါ့သဘော ကတော့။ If you ask me, this is a complete waste of time.

More examples

I wondered who had given her the ring but was afraid to ask.
[ask someone something] : I asked him his name, but he didn’t answer.
[ask (someone) why/how/whether etc] : She asked me how I knew about it.
[ask (someone) about something] : Did you ask about the money?
[ask someone a question] : The police wanted to ask us a few questions.
[ask yourself something] : He ought to ask himself why nobody ever invites him.
If you need any help, just ask.
[ask (someone) for something] : The children were asking for drinks.
[ask someone’s permission/advice/opinion etc] : I think we’d better ask your mum’s opinion first.
[ask someone a favour] : Can I ask you a favour?
[ask something (for something)] : It’s a nice house, but they’re asking over half a million pounds.
[ask a lot/too much] : It’s asking a lot of teenagers to expect them to see what’s wrong with consumerism.
All I want is five minutes’ peace and quiet: is that asking too much?
[ask someone (not) to do something] : We ask guests not to smoke in the hotel.
[ask someone (not) to do something] : Then the computer will ask you to restart it.
He asked us to join him.
[ask to do something] : I asked to see the manager.
[ask (not) to be] : The writer has asked not to be named.
[ask that someone (should) do something] : The committee has asked that this scheme be stopped for now.
[ask someone to something] : How many people have you asked to the party?
[ask someone for something] : We should ask them for a meal sometime.
[ask someone over/round] : The neighbours have asked us over for a drink.
[ask someone in] : We waited for half an hour before he asked us in.
[ask someone to do something] : They asked me to stay the night.

Synonyms

inquire, request, solicit, angle, appeal, apply, ask over, beg, beseech, bid, bite, bum, buzz, call for, call upon, canvass, catechize, challenge, charge, claim, command, contend for, count on, crave, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, entreat, examine, expect, file for, give the third degree, go over, grill, have over, hit, hunt for, hustle, implore, impose, institute, interrogate, investigate, invite, knock, levy, look for, mooch, needle, order, petition, pick one's brains, plead, pop the question, pray, probe, promote, propose, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, question, quiz, require, requisition, roast, seek, sue, suggest, summon, supplicate, sweat, test, touch, urge

Antonyms

answer, claim, command, deny, disapprove, disclaim, disinvite, give, ignore, insist, reply, repudiate, tell