"what" meaning in Chinese

See what in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /wɔːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wɔːt̚⁵/, /wɐt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wot¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wat¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wōt [Cantonese, Yale], wāt [Cantonese, Yale], wot⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wat⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wod¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], wed¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From clipping of English WhatsApp. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|WhatsApp|WhatsApp}} English WhatsApp Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} what
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms: What
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "WhatsApp",
        "4": "WhatsApp"
      },
      "expansion": "English WhatsApp",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From clipping of English WhatsApp.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "what",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms written in foreign scripts",
            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp"
      ],
      "id": "en-what-zh-verb-a2cweMaQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "WhatsApp",
          "WhatsApp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "What"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wot¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wōt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wot⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wod¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐt̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "WhatsApp",
        "4": "WhatsApp"
      },
      "expansion": "English WhatsApp",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From clipping of English WhatsApp.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "what",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms derived from English",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "English links with redundant target parameters",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "WhatsApp",
          "WhatsApp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wot¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wōt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wot⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wod¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐt̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "What"
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}

Download raw JSONL data for what meaning in Chinese (1.6kB)

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "what"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "what",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425uppercase_tags",
  "msg": "what/Chinese/verb: invalid uppercase tag Hong-Kong not in or uppercase_tags: {\"etymology_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"yue\", \"2\": \"en\", \"3\": \"WhatsApp\", \"4\": \"WhatsApp\"}, \"expansion\": \"English WhatsApp\", \"name\": \"der\"}], \"etymology_text\": \"From clipping of English WhatsApp.\", \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"zh\", \"2\": \"verb\"}, \"expansion\": \"what\", \"name\": \"head\"}], \"lang\": \"Chinese\", \"lang_code\": \"zh\", \"pos\": \"verb\", \"senses\": [{\"categories\": [\"Cantonese lemmas\", \"Cantonese terms derived from English\", \"Cantonese verbs\", \"Chinese entries with incorrect language header\", \"Chinese lemmas\", \"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Chinese terms written in foreign scripts\", \"Chinese verbs\", \"English links with redundant target parameters\", \"Hong Kong Cantonese\", \"Pages with 5 entries\", \"Pages with entries\"], \"glosses\": [\"to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp\"], \"links\": [[\"WhatsApp\", \"WhatsApp\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(Hong Kong Cantonese) to WhatsApp; to send via WhatsApp\"], \"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Hong-Kong\"]}], \"sounds\": [{\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Jyutping\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wot¹\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Jyutping\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wat¹\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Yale\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wōt\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Yale\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wāt\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Pinyin\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wot⁷\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Pinyin\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wat⁷\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Guangdong-Romanization\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wod¹\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Guangdong-Romanization\"], \"zh-pron\": \"wed¹\"}, {\"ipa\": \"/wɔːt̚⁵/\", \"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Sinological-IPA\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/wɐt̚⁵/\", \"tags\": [\"Cantonese\", \"Sinological-IPA\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/wɔːt̚⁵/\"}, {\"ipa\": \"/wɐt̚⁵/\"}], \"synonyms\": [{\"word\": \"What\"}], \"word\": \"what\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "what",
  "trace": ""
}

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