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Traditional
Pīnyīn
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HSK
there is no need / why should
HSK 7-9
why not? / why not do (sth)?
(literary) why / how
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
where? / what place?
Book of Hosea
what kind? / how, what / somewhat
why bother? / is it worth the trouble?
HSK 7-9
whence / where
HSK 7-9
how about / what kind of
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *何* | 何* | *何
surname He
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
what course to follow / what path to take
who's this big shot?
what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
(old) why
where?
what for? / what's the reason?
when
HSK 7-9
what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more
HSK 7-9
when?
how can one be sure?
(rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that...
far more than / not just
where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?
(literary) what kind of person
(idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
(literary) what is? / what is the meaning of?
there is no need / why should
(literary) what place / what time / how
of what use is it / (idiom)
(literary) far more than / not limited to
what business?
He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009
He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝 when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
who
what harm is there in (doing sth)
where / what place


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