何者

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Chinese

carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
 ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad.
(何者) 		何 者

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 何 者
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 胡歌切 章也切
Baxter ha tsyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦa/ /ciaX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕĭaX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hé zhě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ho4 ze2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 何 者
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hé zhě
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ha › ‹ tsyæX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaj/ /*tAʔ/
English what (nominalizing particle)

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 者
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 7458 16960
Phonetic
component 		可 者
Rime
group 		歌 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		何 者
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːl/ /*tjaːʔ/
Notes 說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水，
爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說

Adverb

何者

  1. (literary) why

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼
Taiwan 為什麼
Harbin 為啥
Malaysia 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
Singapore 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 為嘛
Jinan 為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 為麼, 為麼個
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 為啥, 因啥
Xining 為啥
Xuzhou 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 為啥
Lanzhou 為啥
Ürümqi 為啥
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 為啥子, 做啥子
Wuhan 做麼事, 為麼事
Guiyang 為哪樣, 為些哪樣
Guilin 為什麼
Liuzhou 為什麼
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 為什麼
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 為什麼
Yangzhou 甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal
Hefei 怎搞, 怎搞的
Cantonese Guangzhou 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
Hong Kong 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因咩解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 做乜嘢
Macau 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為乜嘢, 為咩, 因乜事, 因咩事, 咩事幹, 乜事幹
Guangzhou (Panyu) 點解
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 整乜嘢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 做乜嘢
Foshan 點解
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 點解
Foshan (Shunde) 為乜嘢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 因乜嘢, 點解
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 點解
Zhuhai (Doumen) 點解
Jiangmen (Baisha) 點解
Taishan 幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路
Kaiping (Chikan) 幾解
Enping (Niujiang) 做乜
Dongguan 點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 點解
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 點解
Yangjiang 為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 為物底
Qinzhou 為乜嘢, 為乜
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 為乜底
Beihai 為乜嘢
Beihai (Nankang) 做乜嘢
Beihai (Yingpan) 為乜底
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 做乜嘢, 為乜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 做乜嘢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 做乜嘢, 為乜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 點解
Singapore (Guangfu) 點解
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 做乜嘢
Móng Cái 點解, 為乜
Yangon (Taishan) 幾解
Gan Nanchang 為什哩
Pingxiang 為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解
Hakka Meixian 做麼個
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 做乜嘢, 做嘢
Dongguan (Qingxi) 做麼個
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 做麼個
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 仰解, 做乜嘢
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 為乜嘢
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 為麼個
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 做麼個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 做麼個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 做麼個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 做麼個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 做麼個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 做麼個
Hong Kong 做麼個
Kuching (Hepo) 做乜個
Jin Taiyuan 為甚, 因為甚, 幹什
Xinzhou 𠰻們
Northern Min Jian'ou 為孰事, 做孰事
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢
Fuzhou (Changle) 傒勢
Fuqing 介計
Yongtai 蔣其
Gutian 做什乇
Fu'an 做乜乇
Ningde 做乇
Shouning 做呢乇
Zhouning 做乜乇
Fuding 做哪乇
Matsu 為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢
Southern Min Xiamen 為什物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創什物
Quanzhou 按怎, 物代
Jinjiang 為啥物
Zhangzhou 按怎
Zhao'an 為甚物
Dongshan 為甚物
Taipei 為啥物, 是按怎
Penang (Hokkien) 何物事, 做物事, 做物
Singapore (Hokkien) 按怎
Manila (Hokkien) 敢哪, 敢哪誌
Medan (Hokkien) 何物事
Chaozhou 做呢
Shantou 做呢
Shantou (Chaoyang) 做呢
Singapore (Teochew) 做呢
Leizhou 作乜, 因乜
Wenchang 作乜, 因乜, 怎作
Haikou 作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜
Singapore (Hainanese) 作乜
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 為乜嘢
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 做門, 做哪門, 為哪門
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 為什個
Wu Shanghai 啥體, 為啥, 做啥, 啥講究, 為啥體, 啥個講究, 啥道理, 為啥道理, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故
Shanghai (Chongming) 為何, 做何
Suzhou 為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體
Danyang 為點高, 做點高
Hangzhou 為啥
Wenzhou 妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹
Jinhua 為淡事幹, 為待西
Xiang Changsha 為麼子, 何解
Xiangtan 奚解
Loudi 嗎介
Shuangfeng 為麼子, 做麼子

Pronoun

何者

  1. (interrogative) which one; who
  2. whichever; whoever

Synonyms

  • (who):
Dialectal synonyms of 誰 (“who; whom”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 誰1, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 誰1, 誰人
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 誰1
Taiwan 誰1
Ulanhot 誰1
Tongliao 誰1
Chifeng 誰1, 誰們 plural
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 誰1
Harbin 誰1
Shenyang 誰1
Malaysia 誰1
Singapore 誰1
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 誰1
Jilu Mandarin Weifang (Weicheng) 誰1
Weifang (Fangzi) 誰1
Changle 誰1
Shouguang 誰1
Wulian 誰1
Jinan 誰1
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 誰1
Qingdao 誰1
Weifang (Hanting) 誰1
Changyi 誰1
Gaomi 誰1
Zhucheng 誰1
Anqiu 誰1
Linqu 誰1
Qingzhou 誰1
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 誰1
Wanrong 哪𠰻
Wanrong (Ronghe) 啥外
Zhengzhou 誰1
Xi'an 誰1
Xining 阿個, 阿一個, 啥人
Yanqi 誰1
Xuzhou 誰1, 哪個
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 誰1
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 誰1
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 誰1
Bayanhot 誰1, 誰們 plural
Lanzhou 誰1, 誰個, 誰們
Ürümqi 誰1, 誰一個, 誰們
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 哪個, 啥子人
Wuhan 哪個, 啥個
Guiyang 哪個
Kunming 哪個
Guilin 誰1, 哪個
Liuzhou 哪個, 哪人
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 哪個
Mae Salong (Lancang) 哪個
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 哪個
Yangzhou 哪個, 哪一個
Nantong 哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人
Hefei 哪個, 哈個
Huanggang 哪個, 啥個
Cantonese Guangzhou 邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰
Hong Kong 邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 邊個, 哪誰
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 阿誰
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 哪誰
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 哪誰人
Macau 邊個
Guangzhou (Panyu) 邊個
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 乜誰
Guangzhou (Conghua) 乜誰
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 乜誰
Foshan 邊個
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 邊個
Foshan (Shunde) 邊個
Foshan (Sanshui) 邊個
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 邊個
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 邊個
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 邊個
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 邊個, 乜誰
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿誰
Jiangmen (Baisha) 邊個
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 誰, 邊個
Taishan 阿誰
Kaiping (Chikan) 乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人
Enping (Niujiang) 哥誰
Heshan (Yayao) 唔個
Dongguan 鼠個, 乜誰
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 乜誰
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 哪人
Qingyuan 邊個
Fogang 邊個
Yingde (Hanguang) 邊個
Shaoguan 邊個
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 邊個
Renhua 邊個
Lechang 邊個
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 乜誰
Sihui 邊個
Guangning 邊個
Deqing 邊個
Yunfu 邊個
Xinxing 不個
Luoding 邊個
Yangjiang 乜誰
Xinyi 乜人, 乜誰
Lianjiang 乜人
Nanning 邊個
Wuzhou 邊個
Hepu (Lianzhou) 乜人
Baise 邊個
Qinzhou 乜人, 邊人, 邊個
Beihai 乜人
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 乜人
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 邊個, 乜人
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 乜人
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 邊個
Singapore (Guangfu) 邊個
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 邊個
Móng Cái 乜人
Gan Nanchang 哪個
Lichuan 哪個
Pingxiang 哪仔, 哪個仔
Hakka Meixian 麼人, 哪儕
Xingning 哪隻
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 哪誰, 哪隻
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 哪誰
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 哪誰
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 哪誰
Huidong (Daling) 哪隻, 哪人
Dongguan (Qingxi) 哪人, 麼個人
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 哪誰
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 哪誰
Boluo (Bendihua) 哪誰
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 哪下
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 哪下, 哪下人
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 哪下
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 哪人
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 哪儕
Wuhua (Huacheng) 哪儕, 麼人
Wuhua (Mianyang) 麼人, 哪儕
Heyuan (Bendihua) 哪誰
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 哪誰
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 哪隻
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 哪隻
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 哪隻
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 哪咧
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 哪個
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 哪個
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 哪
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 哪人, 哪個
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 哪儕
Liannan 哪人
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 哪人
Jiexi 哪儕
Changting 哪個, 哪個哩
Wuping 哪個, 麼人
Wuping (Pingyu) 麼人
Liancheng 哪個, 麼人
Ninghua 台人
Ruijin 哪人, 哪個
Shicheng 斯里
Shangyou (Shexi) 哪人, 哪個人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麼人, 麼儕
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 麼儕, 哪儕
Hong Kong 哪人
Luchuan 麼人
Luchuan (Daqiao) 麼人
Sabah (Longchuan) 哪人
Senai (Huiyang) 麼人
Kuching (Hepo) 哪儕
Singkawang 麼儕
Huizhou Jixi 哪個
Shexian 哪個
Huangshan (Tunxi) 哪個
Xiuning 哪個
Yixian 哪個
Qimen 何望
Wuyuan 何一個, 唆羅
Fuliang 誰個
Dexing 麼人
Jingde 哪個
Jin Taiyuan 誰1, 誰們 usually plural
Pingyao 誰1, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural
Xinzhou 誰1, 誰們 usually plural
Taibus (Baochang) 誰1, 誰們 plural
Linhe 誰1, 誰們 plural
Jining 誰1, 誰們 plural
Hohhot 誰1, 誰們 plural
Baotou 誰1, 誰們 plural
Dongsheng 誰1, 誰們 plural
Haibowan 誰1, 誰們 plural
Northern Min Jian'ou 孰人, 孰麼人
Songxi 哪人
Zhenghe 孰麼人
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 哪隻, 若隻
Jianyang 孰人
Wuyishan 什麼人
Pucheng (Shibei) 孰人, 孰麼人
Eastern Min Fuzhou 底儂
Fuzhou (Changle) 底儂
Fuqing 底儂, 什乇儂
Pingtan 底儂
Yongtai 底儂
Gutian 底儂
Fu'an 底儂
Ningde 底儂, 儂
Shouning 呢乇儂, 哪個
Zhouning 底儂
Fuding 乇儂
Matsu 底儂
Singapore (Fuqing) 底儂
Southern Min Xiamen 誰2, 誰3, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂
Xiamen (Tong'an) 啥儂, 誰2
Quanzhou 誰2, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂
Jinjiang 啥儂, 誰2
Nan'an 啥儂, 誰2
Shishi 啥儂, 誰2
Hui'an 啥儂, 誰2
Anxi 啥儂, 誰2
Yongchun 底儂, 誰3
Dehua 底儂, 誰3
Zhangzhou 誰5, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 誰5
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 誰5
Hua'an 底股
Nanjing 誰5
Pinghe 誰5
Zhangpu 誰5
Yunxiao 誰5
Zhao'an 什物儂
Dongshan 是誰, 底儂
Taipei 啥物儂
New Taipei (Sanxia) 啥儂
Kaohsiung 啥物儂
Yilan 啥儂, 誰2
Changhua (Lukang) 啥物儂, 誰2
Taichung 誰5, 啥儂
Tainan 啥物儂
Hsinchu 誰2, 啥物儂
Kinmen 誰3, 啥儂, 誰2
Penghu (Magong) 誰3
Penang (Hokkien) 誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰
Singapore (Hokkien) 啥儂, 誰2, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰3
Manila (Hokkien) 誰仔, 啥儂
Longyan 底儂, 誰2
Zhangping 底儂, 誰2
Zhangping (Yongfu) 誰1
Datian 什儂, 底儂
Pingnan (Shangdu) 乜儂
Guilin (Biyange) 乜儂
Chaozhou 底𫢗, 𫢗
Shantou 底𫢗, 底儂
Shantou (Chenghai) 底𫢗
Jieyang 底𫢗
Haifeng 𫢗, 底𫢗
Bangkok (Teochew) 底𫢗
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 底𫢗
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 底𫢗
Singapore (Teochew) 底𫢗
Pontianak (Teochew) 底𫢗
Leizhou 誰3, 誰儂
Wenchang 誰3
Haikou 誰3
Puxian Min Putian 甚儂, 方儂
Xianyou 甚儂, 底儂
Central Min Yong'an 誰儕, 何隻
Sanming (Sanyuan) 何隻
Sanming (Shaxian) 啥人
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 誰人
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 底儂
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 底儂
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 哪個
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 哪個
Shehua Luoyuan 什人
Sanming 哪個
Shunchang 什人
Guixi (Zhangping) 什個人
Jingning (Hexi) 哪個
Lishui 哪個
Longyou 哪個
Chaozhou 哪個
Fengshun 麼人
Waxiang Luxi (Lijiatian) 何條
Wu Shanghai 啥人
Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) 哈人
Shanghai (Fengxian) 哈人
Shanghai (Jinshan) 哈人
Shanghai (Qingpu) 哈人
Shanghai (Chongming) 哈人
Suzhou 啥人
Wuxi 啥人
Danyang 哪個, 點高人
Hangzhou 哪個
Ningbo 啥人, 誰儂 dated
Wenzhou 何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人
Jinhua 哪個
Xiang Changsha 哪個, 何至個 suburbs
Xiangtan 哪個, 哪
Loudi 哪個, 誰個
Shuangfeng 哪個
Quanzhou 哪個

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何 者
なに
Grade: 2 		もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
何者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

何(なに)者(もの) • (nanimono) 

  1. someone; anyone
    私(わたし)は何(なに)者(もの)も恐(おそ)れない。
    Watashi wa nanimono mo osorenai.
    I fear no man.
    (literally, “I do not fear even anyone.”)
    何(なに)者(もの)にもなれない人(ひと)
    nanimono ni mo narenai hito
    a person who will never amount to anything
    (literally, “person who cannot become even anyone”)

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia