何其

Chinese

 
carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
simp. and trad.
(何其)
何 其

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 何 其
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 胡歌切 渠之切
Baxter ha gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /ɡɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /ɡɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /ɡie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /gɨ/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /ɡiə/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /ɡĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /gi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hé qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 kei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 何 其
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hé qí
Middle
Chinese
‹ ha › ‹ gi ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁaj/ /*ɡə/
English what modal particle

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 其
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7458 9947
Phonetic
component
可 其
Rime
group
歌 之
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
何 其
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːl/ /*ɡɯ/

Adverb

何其

  1. (literary) how; why
  2. (literary) how
    何其愉快  ―  héqí yúkuài  ―  how happy [i.e. quite happy]
    用心何其毒辣!  ―  Yòngxīn héqí dúlà!  ―  How sinister was he!

Synonyms

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