何許人

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Chinese

what place; where; how man; person; people
trad. (何許人) 何許
simp. (何许人) 何许

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (32) (38)
Final () (94) (22) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I III III
Fanqie
Baxter ha xjoX nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /hɨʌX/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /hiɔX/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /xiɔX/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /hɨə̆X/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /xiɔX/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /xĭoX/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /xi̯woX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 heoi2 jan4

Noun

何許人

  1. (literary) person from where
  2. (literary) what kind of person
    • 以為產業饒給何許人
      以为产业饶给何许人
      From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
      Rén jiē yǐwèi bù zhì chǎnyè ráogěi, yòu bù zhī qí héxǔrén, yù zhēng shì zhī.
      As people believed that he did not do any business, and was yet richly provided with everything, and as nobody knew what sort of a man he really was, there was a general competition in offering him services.
    • 何許人邁德高標慈忍
      From: 1215, 《海東高僧傳》 (Biographies of Great Monks of Korea)
      Seok Sundo bu ji heoha'in ya. Maedeok gopyo, ja'in je mul.
      It is not known what kind of person Seok Sundo was. He was of surpassing virtue and lofty character, and with compassion and perseverance he gave succor to the world.