何謂

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Chinese

carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
speak of
trad. (何謂)
simp. (何谓)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (33) (35)
Final () (94) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ha hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /ɦujH/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /ɣĭwəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 wai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ha › ‹ hjw+jH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁaj/ /*ʷə-s/
English what say, tell, call

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 1/1
No. 7458 12943
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːl/ /*ɢuds/

Adverb

何謂

  1. (formal) what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is