何止

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (何止)		何	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): ho² zi³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chih³
    • Yale: hé-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjyy
    • Palladius: хэчжи (xɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ zi²
    • Yale: hòh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ho² zi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho²⁴ t͡sz̩²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁵ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/

Particle

何止

1. (used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than

Synonyms

• 何止 (hézhǐ)
• (Cantonese) 點止／点止 (dim² zi²)
• (Hokkien) 遮若 (chiah-nā), 甲若 (kah-nā)