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

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

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/

• 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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔi[t]  [ɡ]ˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*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

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	多麼, 多
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	多
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好, 多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Guilin	好
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	多
	Hefei	好
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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
	Shuangfeng	幾, 好

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