See 何不 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "hébù shí ròumí",
"word": "何不食肉糜"
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"english": "If so open-minded, why not concentrate on writing a book?",
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"ref": "2020, “拼命無恙 [In a Funk]”, 林夕 [Albert Leung] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music)performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:",
"roman": "jiu³ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶ kut³ daat⁶ jau⁶ ho⁴ bat¹ zyun¹ sam¹ zyu³ syu¹",
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"text": "要是這樣豁達又何不專心著書",
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"english": "If so open-minded, why not concentrate on writing a book?",
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"roman": "jiu³ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶ kut³ daat⁶ jau⁶ ho⁴ bat¹ zyun¹ sam¹ zyu³ syu¹",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "要是这样豁达又何不专心著书",
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"glosses": [
"why not"
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"synonyms": [
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],
"word": "哪毋"
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"word": "叫莫"
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"zh-pron": "hébù"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "hébù"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "hébù"
},
{
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ho²-pu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hé-bù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "herbu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хэбу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xɛbu"
},
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"ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hòh bāt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bed¹"
},
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"tags": [
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{
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"zh-pron": "ha pjuw|pjuwX|pjut"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj pə/"
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"Zhengzhang"
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"zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'/"
},
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"word": "何不"
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"word": "何不食肉糜"
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"roman": "jiu³ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶ kut³ daat⁶ jau⁶ ho⁴ bat¹ zyun¹ sam¹ zyu³ syu¹",
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"roman": "jiu³ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶ kut³ daat⁶ jau⁶ ho⁴ bat¹ zyun¹ sam¹ zyu³ syu¹",
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "hébù"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ"
},
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"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat¹"
},
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"zh-pron": "hébù"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "hébù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ho²-pu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hé-bù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "herbu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хэбу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xɛbu"
},
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"ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hòh bāt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bed¹"
},
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},
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},
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"word": "哪毋"
},
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"Xiang"
],
"word": "叫莫"
}
],
"word": "何不"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 何不 meaning in Chinese (3.1kB)
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