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"derived": [
{
"word": "何必當初"
},
{
"word": "何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必當初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū",
"word": "早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He doesn't love you anymore, so what's the point?",
"ref": "他已不愛你，何必呢？ [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "他已不爱你，何必呢？ [MSC, simp.]\nTā yǐ bù ài nǐ, hébì ne? [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Those who are blessed by money are lucky and without misfortune. Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?",
"ref": "錢之所祐，吉無不利。何必讀書，然後富貴！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "钱之所祐，吉无不利。何必读书，然后富贵！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論\nQián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì! [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother"
],
"id": "en-何必-zh-adv-svfLjBvt",
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[
"why",
"why"
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[
"why on earth",
"why on earth"
],
[
"there",
"there"
],
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"need",
"need"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in rhetorical questions) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother"
],
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"in rhetorical questions"
],
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"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "乜使"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
],
"word": "何乜苦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "何得苦"
},
{
"roman": "hékǔ",
"word": "何苦"
},
{
"roman": "hékǔlái",
"word": "何苦來"
},
{
"roman": "hékǔlái",
"word": "何苦来"
},
{
"roman": "héxū",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "何須"
},
{
"roman": "héxū",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "何须"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
],
"word": "抑使"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "抑著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "敢著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "敢着"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "煞著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "甲使"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "甲著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "甲着"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hébì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bit¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hò-pit"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hô-pit"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hô͘-pit"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶wu-piq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hébì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hébì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ho²-pi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hé-bì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "herbih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хэби"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xɛbi"
},
{
"ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hòh bīt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bit⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bid¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hò-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hoˇ bid`"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² bid⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹¹ pit̚²/",
"tags": [
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"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
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{
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"zh-pron": "hô-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hô-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi'pid"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hô͘-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hôo-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "ho'pid"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Philippines",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "⁶wu-piq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "wu^去 pih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³hhu-piq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/ɦu²² piɪʔ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "ha pjit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj pi[t]/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl pliɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹¹ pit̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɦu²² piɪʔ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "[ɡ]"
},
{
"other": "[t]"
},
{
"other": "/*ɡaːl pliɡ/"
}
],
"word": "何必"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "何必當初"
},
{
"word": "何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必當初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū",
"word": "早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初"
}
],
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"pos": "adv",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese terms with audio links",
"Chinese adverbs",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "He doesn't love you anymore, so what's the point?",
"ref": "他已不愛你，何必呢？ [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "他已不爱你，何必呢？ [MSC, simp.]\nTā yǐ bù ài nǐ, hébì ne? [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Those who are blessed by money are lucky and without misfortune. Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?",
"ref": "錢之所祐，吉無不利。何必讀書，然後富貴！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "钱之所祐，吉无不利。何必读书，然后富贵！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論\nQián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì! [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother"
],
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[
"why",
"why"
],
[
"why on earth",
"why on earth"
],
[
"there",
"there"
],
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"need",
"need"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in rhetorical questions) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother"
],
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"in rhetorical questions"
]
}
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{
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "hébì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bit¹"
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
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"zh-pron": "hò-pit"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hô-pit"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hô͘-pit"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶wu-piq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hébì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hébì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ho²-pi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hé-bì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "herbih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хэби"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xɛbi"
},
{
"ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hòh bīt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bit⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ho⁴ bid¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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{
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"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hò-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hoˇ bid`"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² bid⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹¹ pit̚²/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
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{
"tags": [
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"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "hô-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hô-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi'pid"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hôo-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "ho'pid"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Philippines",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
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"zh-pron": "⁶wu-piq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
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"zh-pron": "wu^去 pih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³hhu-piq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/ɦu²² piɪʔ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "ha pjit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj pi[t]/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl pliɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹¹ pit̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɦu²² piɪʔ⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "[ɡ]"
},
{
"other": "[t]"
},
{
"other": "/*ɡaːl pliɡ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "乜使"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
],
"word": "何乜苦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "何得苦"
},
{
"roman": "hékǔ",
"word": "何苦"
},
{
"roman": "hékǔlái",
"word": "何苦來"
},
{
"roman": "hékǔlái",
"word": "何苦来"
},
{
"roman": "héxū",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "何須"
},
{
"roman": "héxū",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "何须"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
],
"word": "抑使"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "抑著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "敢著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "敢着"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "煞著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "甲使"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "甲著"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "甲着"
}
],
"word": "何必"
}
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