何不 in Chinese

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/, /hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hébù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ho⁴ bat¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hébù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hébù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ho²-pu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hé-bù [Mandarin, Yale], herbu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хэбу [Mandarin, Palladius], xɛbu [Mandarin, Palladius], hòh bāt [Cantonese, Yale], ho⁴ bat⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho⁴ bed¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ha pjuw|pjuwX|pjut [Middle-Chinese], /*[ɡ]ˤaj pə/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡaːl pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 何不

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "hébù shí ròumí",
          "word": "何不食肉糜"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If so open-minded, why not concentrate on writing a book?",
          "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]",
          "text": "要是這樣豁達又何不專心著書 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]\n要是这样豁达又何不专心著书 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]\njiu³ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶ kut³ daat⁶ jau⁶ ho⁴ bat¹ zyun¹ sam¹ zyu³ syu¹ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why not"
      ],
      "id": "en-何不-zh-adv-3QooY2yc",
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        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) why not"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "哪毋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "叫莫"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "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/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh bāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha pjuw|pjuwX|pjut"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj pə/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/"
    },
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      "other": "[ɡ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡaːl pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何不"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hébù shí ròumí",
      "word": "何不食肉糜"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "何不",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese lemmas"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If so open-minded, why not concentrate on writing a book?",
          "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]",
          "text": "要是這樣豁達又何不專心著書 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]\n要是这样豁达又何不专心著书 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]\njiu³ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶ kut³ daat⁶ jau⁶ ho⁴ bat¹ zyun¹ sam¹ zyu³ syu¹ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why not"
      ],
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        [
          "why",
          "why"
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        [
          "not",
          "not"
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        "(literary) why not"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "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"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh bāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha pjuw|pjuwX|pjut"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj pə/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɡ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡaːl pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "哪毋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "叫莫"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何不"
}

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"何不" meaning in Chinese

Adverb