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何

hé

HSK 4 Character

What 何 means

1. what
2. how
3. why
4. which
5. carry

Other readings

何 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Hésurname He

Example sentences

• 考得如何？
  How did you do on your exam?
• 按任何键。
  Press any key.
• 你如何减压？
  Nǐ rúhé jiǎnyā?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 你感觉如何？
  How do you feel?
• 你认为如何?
  What do you think about it?
• 你是何塞吗？
  Are you Jose?

Words starting with 何

• 何况hé kuànglet alone; to say nothing of; besides
• 何必hé bìthere is no need; why should
• 何时hé shíwhen
• 何处hé chùwhence; where
• 何以hé yǐ(literary) why; how
• 何等hé děngwhat kind?; how, what; somewhat
• 何在hé zàiwhere?; what place?
• 何不hé bùwhy not?; why not do (sth)?
• 何方hé fāngwhere?
• 何尝hé cháng(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
• 何苦hé kǔwhy bother?; is it worth the trouble?
• 何人hé rénwho
• 何其hé qí(literary) (similar to 多么
• 何去何从hé qù hé cóngwhat course to follow; what path to take
• 何止hé zhǐfar more than; not just
• 何谓hé wèi(literary) what is?; what is the meaning of?
• 何如hé rúhow about; what kind of
• 何妨hé fángwhat harm is there in (doing sth)
• 何日hé rìwhen?
• 何乐而不为hé lè ér bù wéiwhat is there against it?…
• 何曾hé céngdid I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
• 何故hé gùwhat for?; what's the reason?
• 何许人hé xǔ rén(literary) what kind of person
• 何须hé xūthere is no need; why should

Words containing 何

• 如何rú héhow; what way; what
• 任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
• 无可奈何wú kě nài héhave no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
• 为何wèi héwhy
• 无论如何wú lùn rú hé(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
• 几何jǐ hégeometry; (literary) how much
• 奈何nài héto do something to sb; to deal with; to cope
• 曾几何时céng jǐ hé shíjust a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..
• 缘何yuán hé(literary) why?; for what reason?
• 谈何容易tán hé róng yìeasier said than done (idiom)
• 不知何故bù zhī hé gùsomehow
• 萧何Xiāo HéXiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦
• 几何学jǐ hé xuégeometry
• 从何cóng héwhence?; where from?
• 意下如何yì xià rú héhow about it?; what do you think?
• 成何体统chéng hé tǐ tǒngWhat a scandal!; Whatever next?
• 无何wú hénothing else; soon; before long
• 无论何事wú lùn hé shìanything; whatever
• 无论何人wú lùn hé rénwhoever
• 无论何时wú lùn hé shíwhenever
• 无论何处wú lùn hé chùanywhere; wherever
• 几何量jǐ hé liànggeometric quantity
• 代数几何dài shù jǐ héalgebraic geometry
• 内在几何nèi zài jǐ héintrinsic geometry

Characters built on 可

These share the phonetic component 可 (kě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 哥gēelder brother
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 呵hē(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 何

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 朽xiǔrotten
• 坷kēused in 坷垃
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up