1. pronoun why; how; when; what; where
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An interrogative pronoun used in preclassical Chinese (CC-CEDICT '曷'; Guoyu '曷' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '曷' 1, p. 156; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 95; Unihan '曷')
  2. adverb why not
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '曷' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '曷' 2, p. 156)
  3. adverb how can it be that
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: in the sense of 難道 (Guoyu '曷' adv 3)

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