一何

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which
simp. and trad. (一何)		一	何

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīhé [Phonetic: yìhé]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yihé
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ho²
    • Yale: yī-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iher
    • Palladius: ихэ (ixɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ho⁴
    • Yale: yāt hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jit ha

Rime
Character	一	何
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於悉切	胡歌切
Baxter	'jit	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat1	ho4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔi[t]  [ɡ]ˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qliɡ  ɡaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	一	何
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjit ›	‹ ha ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔi[t]/	/*[ɡ]ˁaj/
English	one	what
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	一	何
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	14833	7458
Phonetic component	一	可
Rime group	質	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	一	何
Old Chinese	/*qliɡ/	/*ɡaːl/

Adverb

一何

1. (Classical) how; what; so; such

   • 此一何慶吊相隨之速也！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此一何庆吊相随之速也！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Cǐ yīhé qìng diào xiàngsuí zhī sù yě! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多麼, 何等, 何其
Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Jinan	多麼, 多
	Xi'an	多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Chengdu	好, 多
	Guilin	好
	Yangzhou	多
	Hefei	好
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾, 幾咁
	Hong Kong	幾, 幾咁
	Yangjiang	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
Jin	Taiyuan	多麼, 多來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥, 若
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
	Quanzhou	偌, 活, 活欲
	Zhangzhou	偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
	Taipei	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Kaohsiung	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌
	Chaozhou	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
	Shuangfeng	幾, 好