曷

hé
  1. why
  2. how
  3. when
  4. what
  5. where

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) why; what; where; how; when
  2. why; what; where; how; when

Wiktionary

  1. 什麽时候。
  2. 何、为何。
  3. 何不。
  4. 岂、难道。

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Related entries

何以 héyǐ
  1. (literary) why
  2. how
宇宙何以開端？

What is the origin of the universe?

Source: Tatoeba

何为 héwèi (old) why
凭什么 píngshénme
  1. (spoken) why?
  2. for which reason?
你憑什麼逮捕我？

On what grounds are you arresting me?

Source: Tatoeba

为什么 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
為什麼呀？

Why?

Source: Tatoeba

为何 wèihé why
为何大声喧嚷？

Why are you speaking loudly?

Source: Tatoeba

为毛 wèimáo (Internet slang) why?
怎生 zěnshēng
  1. how
  2. why
怎的 zěnde
  1. what for
  2. why
  3. how
2015 年 4 月 14 日，我步行前往列治文公共市場，先是爬上了外面的階梯。市場內部寬敞的中庭式建築，讓我感覺彷彿置身於叢林之中。我當時已經有點餓了，便小跑到小吃攤「瓦船長」那裡，點了一份麵和一杯熱茶。麵裡有魷魚、魚和豆腐。我吃著吃著，一位穿著紫色 T 恤的英俊原住民男子從我身邊走過。接著，一位身材魁梧、相貌英俊的猶太人也走了過來。幾分鐘後，我開始覺得口渴，於是在「QQ 珍珠奶茶與咖啡」買了一杯冰鎮薄荷珍珠綠茶。我坐在階梯旁慢慢品嚐。附近坐著一家三口吃東西，男人是黑人，女人是東亞人，小孩是混血兒。我喝珍珠奶茶上癮，於是在「花生家」又買了一杯。這次是冰鎮青蘋果珍珠綠茶，味道好極了。我搭扶梯下樓。去洗手間的路上，我注意到一個大水族箱，裡面養著大概是體型巨大的阿拉斯加紅帝王蟹，蟹腿上長滿了藤壺。不知怎的，牠們讓我想起了外星生物。在書店裡，我買了一本圖文並茂的綠色植物學書籍，上面用的是漢字。一個月前我把它放在一個箱子上，現在還在那裡。這本書 14 塊錢。我搭扶梯上樓。我對珍珠奶茶還是有癮，於是用剩下的零錢買了一杯冰荔枝珍珠綠茶。味道好極了，裡面甚至還有白色的荔枝果肉。

On the 14th of April of 2015, I walk to the Richmond Public Market, I first climbing the stairs outside. Inside, the wide atrium-like building is like a garden in a jungle surrounding, I imagine. Already quite hungry, I trot to Captain Wa, the food vendor, to get noodles with squid, fish, and tofu, as well as hot tea. As I eat, a handsome First Nations man in a purple T-shirt walks by. Then a handsome, stocky Jewish fellow walks by. A few minutes later, I begin to thirst, so I get a cold Mint Bubble Green Tea at the vendor QQ Bubble Tea and Coffee. I sit by the stairs to sip. A threesome family sits eating nearby, the man being black, the woman being Oriental, and the child being a hybrid. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I get another one, this time at Peanut's. It is a cold Green Apple Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious. I take the escalator down. On my way to the washroom, I notice a big aquarium full of probably giant red Alaskan king crabs with barnacles on their legs. They remind me of extraterrestrials, somehow. At the bookstore, I buy a heavily illustrated green botany book in sinograms. I left it on top of a box a month ago and it is still there. It is $14. I take the escalator up. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I spend my remaining coins on a cold Lychee Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious with even bits of white lychee flesh.

Source: Tatoeba

何 hé
  1. what
  2. how
  3. why
  4. which
  5. carry
你對此有何看法？

What are your thoughts on this?

What do you think of this?

What do you think about this?

Source: Tatoeba

奚 xī
  1. (literary) what?
  2. where?
  3. why?
怎么 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
怎么会有

Why would there be?

Source: Tatoeba

胡 hú
  1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
  2. reckless
  3. outrageous
  4. what?
  5. why?
  6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和 hú)
志明真的很扯，每次打麻將都胡最後一把。

Chih-ming’s insane — he always wins the last round in mahjong.

Source: Tatoeba

哪 nǎ
  1. how
  2. which
你去哪站？

Which station are you going to?

Source: Tatoeba

多么 duōme
  1. how (wonderful etc)
  2. what (a great idea etc)
  3. however (difficult it may be etc)
  4. (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
  5. to what extent
多麼冷啊!

How cold it is!

Source: Tatoeba

如何 rúhé
  1. how
  2. what way
  3. what
你如何减压？

How do you relieve stress?

Source: Tatoeba

怎 zěn how
怎样 zěnyàng
  1. how
  2. what kind
她是怎样的人呢？

What kind of person is she?

Source: Tatoeba

怎么样 zěnmeyàng
  1. how?
  2. how about?
  3. how was it?
  4. how are things?
她兒子怎麼樣了？

What has become of her son?

Source: Tatoeba

讵 jù how (interj. of surprise)
岂 qǐ how? (emphatic question)
何尝 hécháng
  1. (rhetorical question) when?
  2. how?
  3. it's not that...
这何尝不是一种解脱？

Who is to say this isn't a relief?

Source: Tatoeba

怎么着 zěnmezhāo
  1. what?
  2. how?
  3. how about?
  4. whatever
  5. also pr. zěnmezhe
焉 yān
  1. where
  2. how
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

One may only catch the tiger cub by entering the tiger's den.

Source: Tatoeba

何许 héxǔ
  1. (literary) what place
  2. what time
  3. how
宁 nìng
  1. would rather
  2. to prefer
  3. how (emphatic)
  4. Taiwan pr. níng
我寧死不降。

I would rather die than surrender.

Source: Tatoeba

几多 jǐduō
  1. (dialect) how much
  2. how many
  3. how (smart etc)
  4. such ...
那 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of 挪 nuó
看那山！

Look at that mountain.

Source: Tatoeba

多 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
它多貴?

How much is it?

Source: Tatoeba

奈何 nàihé
  1. to do something to sb
  2. to deal with
  3. to cope
  4. how?
  5. to no avail
虽受邀参加今晚一个精彩万分的派对，奈何明日不得不打起精神出席会议，只好推辞了。

I got an invitation to a party tonight that I know would be a lot of fun but I have to be in my best form for tomorrow's meeting so I had to turn it down.

Source: Tatoeba

恁 nèn
  1. to think
  2. this
  3. which?
  4. how? (literary)
  5. Taiwan pr. rèn
何日 hérì when?
何时 héshí when
選舉何時舉行？

When do the elections take place?

Source: Tatoeba

多咱 duōzan
  1. (dialect) when?
  2. what time?
  3. whenever
多早晚 duōzǎowǎn when?
比及 bǐjí
  1. (literary) when
  2. by the time
  3. Taiwan pr. bìjí
几点 jǐdiǎn
  1. what time?
  2. when?
幾點出門？

What time are you leaving?

What time will you go out?

Source: Tatoeba

洎 jì
  1. to reach
  2. when
时 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
当幸福敲门时

When happiness comes knocking at your door.

Source: Tatoeba

一旦 yīdàn
  1. in case (sth happens)
  2. if
  3. once (sth happens, then...)
  4. when
  5. in a short time
  6. in one day
一旦過了河, 你就安全了。

Once across the river, you are safe.

Source: Tatoeba

当 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
我想当护士

I want to be a nurse.

Source: Tatoeba

乜嘢 miēyě what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什么 shénme)
什 shén what
這做什麽？

What does this do?

Source: Tatoeba

什么 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
搞什么

What's up?

Source: Tatoeba

哪门子 nǎménzi
  1. (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what
  2. what kind
  3. why on earth
啥子 sházi (dialect) what
吗 má (coll.) what?
您在家吗

Are you home?

Source: Tatoeba

纳尼 nàní (Internet slang) what? (loanword from Japanese 何 なに nani)
乜 miē
  1. used in 乜斜 miēxie
  2. (Cantonese) what?
嘛 má
  1. used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ǎnmáníbāmīhōng
  2. (Tw) (coll.) what?
這事嘛

So this is the thing.

Source: Tatoeba

恁么 rènme
  1. (old) this way
  2. what?
虾米 xiāmǐ
  1. small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps
  2. (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. siánn-mih, equivalent to Mandarin 什么 shénme)
哪些 nǎxiē
  1. which ones?
  2. who?
  3. what?
哪些是汤姆的？

Which are Tom's?

Source: Tatoeba

啊 á
  1. interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer
  2. Eh?
  3. what?
哇啊啊啊⋯

Waaaa...

Source: Tatoeba

嗯 èn
  1. (nonverbal grunt as interjection)
  2. OK, yeah
  3. what?
嗯，可以。

That does it.

Source: Tatoeba

孰 shú
  1. who
  2. which
  3. what
屁 pì
  1. fart
  2. flatulence
  3. nonsense
  4. (usu. in the negative) what
  5. (not) a damn thing
有话就说，有屁就放。

Speak your mind.

Source: Tatoeba

何在 hézài
  1. where?
  2. what place?
何所 hésuǒ
  1. where
  2. what place
何方 héfāng where?
哪儿 nǎr
  1. where?
  2. wherever; anywhere; somewhere
  3. (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
哪兒痛？

Where does it hurt?

Source: Tatoeba

哪里 nǎlǐ
  1. where?
  2. somewhere
  3. anywhere
  4. wherever
  5. nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. humble expression denying compliment
  7. also written 哪里
从哪里而来？

Where did it come from?

Source: Tatoeba

哪里 nǎlǐ
  1. where?
  2. somewhere
  3. anywhere
  4. wherever
  5. nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. humble expression denying compliment
哪裡痛？

Where is the pain?

Source: Tatoeba

何处 héchù
  1. whence
  2. where
什么地方 shénmedìfang
  1. somewhere
  2. someplace
  3. where
什麼地方

What place?

Source: Tatoeba

爰 yuán
  1. therefore
  2. consequently
  3. thus
  4. hence
  5. thereupon
  6. it follows that
  7. where?
  8. to change (into)
  9. ancient unit of weight and money