何 hé

1. hé pronoun what / where / which
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This interrogative pronoun is usually used to refer to things in Literary Chinese. It can select either the subject, the object or an adverb (Kroll 2015 '何' 1, p. 155; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 93; Guoyu '何' pronoun 1; Unihan '何'; XHZD '何', p. 271)
2. hè verb to carry on the shoulder
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '何' hè, p. 156)
3. hé pronoun who
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 谁 (Guoyu '何' pronoun 2)
4. hé adjective what
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '何' adjective)
5. hé adverb why
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 为什么 (Guoyu '何' adv 1)
6. hé adverb how
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 怎么 (Guoyu '何' adv 2)
7. hé adverb how much
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 多么 (Guoyu '何' adv 3)
8. hé proper noun He
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '何' n)

Contained in

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• 几何图形(幾何圖形) geometric figure
• 平面几何(平面幾何) plane geometry
• 何谓(何謂) what is the meaning of? ; why? ; what are you saying? ; what?
• 投影几何学(投影幾何學) projective geometry
• 何不 why not
• 侦何(偵何) a detective / a spy
• 冤冤相报何时了(冤冤相報何時了) if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
• 射影几何(射影幾何) projective geometry
• 无论如何(無論如何) no matter how / anyhow / anyway / whatever
• 敞庐何必广(敞廬何必廣) I do not mind if my cottage is rather small
• 黎曼几何学(黎曼幾何學) Riemannian geometry
• 几何公理(幾何公理) geometry axiom
• 何西阿书(何西阿書) Book of Hosea
• 天涯何处无芳草(天涯何處無芳草) where at the sky's edge does fragrant grass not thrive
• 意下如何 how about it? / what do you think?
• 何必 why
• 何足道哉 what is there that is good about this?
• 早知今日何必当初(早知今日何必當初) if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus
• 俄克拉何马(俄克拉何馬) Oklahoma, US state
• 成也萧何，败也萧何(成也蕭何，敗也蕭何) raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He
• 人生何处不相逢(人生何處不相逢) it's a small world
• 何尝不是(何嘗不是) how could it be anything else?
• 几何拓扑(幾何拓撲) geometric topology
• 几何平均数(幾何平均數) geometric mean
• 有何贵干(有何貴幹) What (noble errand) brings you here? / May I help you? / What can I do for you?
• 何所 where / what place
• 何如 what / how ; not as good as ; why
• 向何处(向何處) whither
• 是何祥也(是何祥也) What do these foretell? ; What do these foretell?
• 平面几何学(平面幾何學) planar geometry
• 无可奈何(無可奈何) to have no way out / to have no alternative
• 奈何 to deal with / to cope ; how
• 何济于事(何濟於事) of what use is it
• 何干 what business?
• 何去何从(何去何從) what course to follow / what path to take
• 何止 far more than / not just
• 何妨 what harm is there in
• 无论何处(無論何處) anywhere / wherever
• 立体几何(立體幾何) solid geometry
• 解析几何学(解析幾何學) analytic geometry / coordinate geometry
• 几何图案(幾何圖案) geometric design
• 何首乌(何首烏) Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
• 双曲几何(雙曲幾何) hyperbolic geometry

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何休 、 何山 、 何绍基 、 何似生 、 何应钦 、 何承天 、 圣何塞

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• 僖公 Lord Xi Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 110
• 卷第三 天問 Chapter 3: Heavenly Questions Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 90
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 87
• 隱公 Lord Yin Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 81
• 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 80
• 桓公 Lord Huan Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 67