何等

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on
trad. (何等)		何	等
simp. #(何等)		何	等

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héděng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ dang²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-tén
• Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤-dēng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-téng / hô͘-tńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héděng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héděng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-têng³
    • Yale: hé-děng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herdeeng
    • Palladius: хэдэн (xɛdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ dang²
    • Yale: hòh dáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ dang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ deng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ tɐŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-tén
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ den`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² den³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ ten³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤-dēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³⁻³³ ^(t-)lɛiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-téng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-tíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'deang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-tńg
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-tńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho'dngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ha tongX

Rime
Character	何	等
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡歌切	多肯切
Baxter	ha	tongX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/təŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/təŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/təŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/təŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/təŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/təŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/təŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	děng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho4	dang2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj  tˤəŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl  tɯːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	何	等
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	děng
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›	‹ tongX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁaj/	/*tˁəŋʔ/
English	what	step, grade
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	何	等
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7458	12054
Phonetic component	可	寺
Rime group	歌	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	何	等
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːl/	/*tɯːŋʔ/

Pronoun

何等

1. (literary) what kind; what sort

Synonyms

• 什麼樣／什么样 (shénmeyàng)
• 何許／何许 (héxǔ) (literary)
• 啥樣／啥样 (sháyàng) (regional)

 

Adverb

何等

1. (literary) how; what

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	等
なん Grade: 2	ら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
何ら

Kanji in this term
何	等
なに Grade: 2	ら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
何ら

Etymology

The なんら (nanra) reading shifts from the なにら (nanira) reading.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) な​んら [náꜜǹrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) なんら [nàńrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠nɾa̠]

• (Tokyo) な​にら [náꜜnìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɲ̟iɾa̠]

Adverb

何(なん)等(ら) or 何(なに)等(ら) • (nanra or nanira) 

1. (chiefly in the negative) (not) in any way, (none) whatsoever

   Synonyms: 何も, 少しも

   何(なん)ら関(かか)わりがない

   nanra kakawari ga nai

   not involved in any way