何處

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See also: 何处 and 何処

Chinese

 
carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
a place; location; spot
a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (何處)
simp. (何处)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (24)
Final () (94) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ha tsyhoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /t͡ɕʰɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /t͡ɕʰiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕʰiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /cʰɨə̆H/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕʰiɔH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕʰĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕʰi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 cyu3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chù
Middle
Chinese
‹ ha › ‹ tsyhoH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁaj/ /*t.qʰaʔ-s/
English what place (n.)

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7458 5249
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːl/ /*kʰljas/

Pronoun

何處

  1. (literary) what place; where

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どこ
Grade: 2 Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
いず > いど
Grade: 2

Hyōgaiji
irregular
Kanji in this term
いず
Grade: 2

Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi irregular
Kanji in this term
いず
Grade: 2

Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 何處 – see the following entries.
どこ
indefinite interrogative pronoun:
points to unknown or unspecified locations: where..., which ...
points to objects belonging to an uncertain group: which ...
(added before a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
This term needs a translation to English.
Alternative spellings
何処, 何所
いずこ
(archaic) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which
(archaic, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
Alternative spelling
何処
いずく
(archaic) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which
(archaic, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
Alternative spelling
何処
いどこ
(archaic, obsolete) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which
(archaic, obsolete, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
Alternative spellings
何処, 何所
(This term, 何處, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (何処) of the above terms.)