"何謂" meaning in Chinese

See 何謂 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/, /hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/, /hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/, /hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/, /hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/, /ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/, /ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/ Chinese transliterations: héwèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ho⁴ wai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hor² ui⁵ [Puxian-Min], hô͘-ūi, hô-ūi, héwèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], héwèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ho²-wei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hé-wèi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], herwey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хэвэй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xɛvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hòh waih [Cantonese, Yale], ho⁴ wai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho⁴ wei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic:hor⁴ ui⁵] [Puxian-Min], hó̤-ūi [Puxian-Min], hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic:hor⁴ ui⁵] [Puxian-Min], hô͘-ūi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hôo-uī [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], ho'ui [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], hô-ūi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], hô-uī [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], hoi'ui [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], ha hjw+jH [Middle-Chinese], /*[ɡ]ˤaj [ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡaːl ɢuds/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 何谓
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 何謂
  1. (formal) what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-何謂-zh-adv-hAuGZr2z Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "何谓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "何謂",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is"
      ],
      "id": "en-何謂-zh-adv-hAuGZr2z",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "meant",
          "meant"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hor² ui⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hô͘-ūi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hô-ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-wèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "herwey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэвэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh waih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ wei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic:hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó̤-ūi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic:hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô͘-ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hôo-uī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho'ui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-uī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi'ui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha hjw+jH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj [ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl ɢuds/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɡ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɢ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[t]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡaːl ɢuds/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何謂"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "何谓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "何謂",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese formal terms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 何",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 謂",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese adverbs",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese adverbs",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Puxian Min adverbs",
        "Puxian Min lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "meant",
          "meant"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hor² ui⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hô͘-ūi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hô-ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-wèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "herwey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэвэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh waih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ wei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic:hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hó̤-ūi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic:hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô͘-ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hôo-uī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho'ui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-uī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi'ui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha hjw+jH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]ˤaj [ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡaːl ɢuds/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hor⁴ ui⁵]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɡ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ɢ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[t]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡaːl ɢuds/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何謂"
}

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