See 何必 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?", "raw_tags": [ "Classical Chinese", "Traditional Chinese" ], "ref": " Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論", "roman": "Qián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì!", "tags": [ "Pinyin" ], "text": "錢之所祐,吉無不利。何必讀書,然後富貴!", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "Those who are blessed by money are lucky and without misfortune. Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?", "raw_tags": [ "Classical Chinese", "Simplified Chinese" ], "ref": " Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論", "roman": "Qián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì!", "tags": [ "Pinyin" ], "text": "钱之所祐,吉无不利。何必读书,然后富贵!", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother" ], "id": "en-何必-zh-adv-svfLjBvt", "links": [ [ "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" ], "raw_tags": [ "in rhetorical questions" ], "synonyms": [ { "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", "PFS", "Sixian" ], "zh-pron": "hò-pit" }, { "tags": [ "Hailu", "Hakka" ], "zh-pron": "ho bid" }, { "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" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "Phak-fa-su" ], "zh-pron": "hò-pit" }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "Hakka-Romanization-System" ], "zh-pron": "ho^ˇ bid^ˋ" }, { "tags": [ "Hagfa-Pinyim", "Hakka" ], "zh-pron": "ho² bid⁵" }, { "ipa": "/ho¹¹ pit̚²/", "tags": [ "Hakka", "Sinological-IPA" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "Hakka-Romanization-System" ], "zh-pron": "ho bid" }, { "ipa": "/ho⁵⁵ pit⁵/", "tags": [ "Hakka", "Sinological-IPA" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "POJ" ], "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": [ "Northern", "Wu" ], "zh-pron": "⁶wu-piq" }, { "tags": [ "Northern", "Wu" ], "zh-pron": "wu^去 pih" }, { "tags": [ "Northern", "Wu" ], "zh-pron": "³hhu-piq" }, { "tags": [ "Northern", "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": "/ho⁵⁵ pit⁵/" }, { "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" } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "zh", "2": "adverb" }, "expansion": "何必", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Chinese", "lang_code": "zh", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Cantonese adverbs", "Cantonese lemmas", "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation", "Chinese adverbs", "Chinese entries with incorrect language header", "Chinese lemmas", "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters", "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks", "Chinese terms spelled with 何", "Chinese terms spelled with 必", "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation", "Hakka adverbs", "Hakka lemmas", "Hokkien adverbs", "Hokkien lemmas", "Intermediate Mandarin", "Literary Chinese terms with quotations", "Mandarin adverbs", "Mandarin lemmas", "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation", "Mandarin terms with usage examples", "Middle Chinese adverbs", "Middle Chinese lemmas", "Old Chinese adverbs", "Old Chinese lemmas", "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries", "Wu adverbs", "Wu lemmas" ], "examples": [ { "english": "He doesn't love you anymore, so what's the point?", "raw_tags": [ "MSC", "Traditional Chinese" ], "roman": "Tā yǐ bù ài nǐ, hébì ne?", "tags": [ "Pinyin" ], "text": "他已不愛你,何必呢?", "type": "example" }, { "english": "He doesn't love you anymore, so what's the point?", "raw_tags": [ "MSC", "Simplified Chinese" ], "roman": "Tā yǐ bù ài nǐ, hébì ne?", "tags": [ "Pinyin" ], "text": "他已不爱你,何必呢?", "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?", "raw_tags": [ "Classical Chinese", "Traditional Chinese" ], "ref": " Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論", "roman": "Qián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì!", "tags": [ "Pinyin" ], "text": "錢之所祐,吉無不利。何必讀書,然後富貴!", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "Those who are blessed by money are lucky and without misfortune. Why bother studying, and with that achieve wealth and social position?", "raw_tags": [ "Classical Chinese", "Simplified Chinese" ], "ref": " Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論", "roman": "Qián zhī suǒ yòu, jí wú bùlì. Hébì dúshū, ránhòu fùguì!", "tags": [ "Pinyin" ], "text": "钱之所祐,吉无不利。何必读书,然后富贵!", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother" ], "links": [ [ "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" ], "raw_tags": [ "in rhetorical questions" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "tags": [ "Mandarin", "Pinyin" ], "zh-pron": "hébì" }, { "tags": [ "Mandarin", "bopomofo" ], "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ" }, { "tags": [ "Cantonese", "Jyutping" ], "zh-pron": "ho⁴ bit¹" }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "PFS", "Sixian" ], "zh-pron": "hò-pit" }, { "tags": [ "Hailu", "Hakka" ], "zh-pron": "ho bid" }, { "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" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "Phak-fa-su" ], "zh-pron": "hò-pit" }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "Hakka-Romanization-System" ], "zh-pron": "ho^ˇ bid^ˋ" }, { "tags": [ "Hagfa-Pinyim", "Hakka" ], "zh-pron": "ho² bid⁵" }, { "ipa": "/ho¹¹ pit̚²/", "tags": [ "Hakka", "Sinological-IPA" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hakka", "Hakka-Romanization-System" ], "zh-pron": "ho bid" }, { "ipa": "/ho⁵⁵ pit⁵/", "tags": [ "Hakka", "Sinological-IPA" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "POJ" ], "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": [ "Northern", "Wu" ], "zh-pron": "⁶wu-piq" }, { "tags": [ "Northern", "Wu" ], "zh-pron": "wu^去 pih" }, { "tags": [ "Northern", "Wu" ], "zh-pron": "³hhu-piq" }, { "tags": [ "Northern", "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": "/ho⁵⁵ pit⁵/" }, { "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": [ { "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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