何等

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Chinese

 
carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
class; rank; grade
class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on
trad. (何等) 何 等
simp. #(何等) 何 等

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 何 等
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡歌切 多肯切
Baxter ha tongX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑ/ /təŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑ/ /təŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑ/ /təŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦa/ /təŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑ/ /təŋX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑ/ /təŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑ/ /təŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hé děng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ho4 dang2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 何 等
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hé děng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ha › ‹ tongX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaj/ /*tˁəŋʔ/
English what step, grade

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 何 等
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7458 12054
Phonetic
component 		可 寺
Rime
group 		歌 蒸
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		何 等
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːl/ /*tɯːŋʔ/

Pronoun

何等

  1. (literary) what kind; what sort

Synonyms

Adverb

何等

  1. (literary) how; what

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 多麼, 何等, 何其
Mandarin Beijing 多麼, 多
Taiwan 多麼, 多
Jinan 多麼, 多
Xi'an 多
Wuhan 幾, 幾樣, 好
Chengdu 好, 多
Guilin 好
Yangzhou 多
Hefei 好
Malaysia 多
Singapore 多麼, 多
Cantonese Guangzhou 幾, 幾咁
Hong Kong 幾, 幾咁
Yangjiang 幾
Gan Nanchang 幾
Hakka Meixian 幾
Jin Taiyuan 多麼, 多來
Northern Min Jian'ou 幾多
Eastern Min Fuzhou 若夥, 若
Southern Min Xiamen 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
Quanzhou 偌, 活, 活欲
Zhangzhou 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
Taipei 偌爾, 偌仔爾
Kaohsiung 偌爾, 偌仔爾
Penang (Hokkien) 偌
Singapore (Hokkien) 偌
Manila (Hokkien) 偌
Chaozhou 若
Singapore (Teochew) 若
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 幾
Wu Shanghai 多少, 幾化
Suzhou 幾化
Wenzhou 幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang Changsha 幾, 幾多, 好
Shuangfeng 幾, 好

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何 等
なん
Grade: 2 		ら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
何ら
Kanji in this term
何 等
なに
Grade: 2 		ら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
何ら

Etymology

The なんら (nanra) reading shifts from the なにら (nanira) reading.

Pronunciation

Adverb

何(なん)等(ら) or 何(なに)等(ら) • (nanra or nanira) 

  1. (chiefly in the negative) (not) in any way, (none) whatsoever
    Synonyms: 何も, 少しも
    何(なん)ら関(かか)わりがない
    nanra kakawari ga nai
    not involved in any way

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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