"何妨" meaning in All languages combined

See 何妨 on Wiktionary

Adverb [Chinese]

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, standard, Sinological-IPA], /xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /ho¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /ho²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 何妨
  1. (literary) why not; might as well Tags: literary
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        "why not; might as well"
      ],
      "id": "en-何妨-zh-adv-3FFPHjNa",
      "links": [
        [
          "why not",
          "why not"
        ],
        [
          "might as well",
          "might as well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) why not; might as well"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô͘-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho²-fang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-fáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "herfarng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xɛfan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хэфан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho²-fang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-fāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "herfang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xɛfan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хэфан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòh fòhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô͘-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hôo-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho'horng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi'horng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "何妨"
}
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      "expansion": "何妨",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 何",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 妨",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why not; might as well"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why not",
          "why not"
        ],
        [
          "might as well",
          "might as well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) why not; might as well"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô͘-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho²-fang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-fáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "herfarng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xɛfan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хэфан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héfang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho²-fang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-fāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "herfang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xɛfan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хэфан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòh fòhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ fong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô͘-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hôo-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho'horng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hô-hóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoi'horng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "何妨"
}

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