何必

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 何 必
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 眞 (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 胡歌切 卑吉切
Baxter ha pjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɑ/ /piɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦɑ/ /pit̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɑ/ /pjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦa/ /pit̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɑ/ /piĕt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɑ/ /pĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɑ/ /pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hé bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ho4 bat1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 何 必
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hé bì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ha › ‹ pjit ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ˁaj/ /*pi[t]/
English what necessarily

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 必
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 7458 568
Phonetic
component		 可 必
Rime
group		 歌 質
Rime
subdivision		 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 何 必
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡaːl/ /*pliɡ/

Adverb

何必

  1. (in rhetorical questions) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother
    他已不愛你，何必呢？ [MSC, trad.]
    他已不爱你，何必呢？ [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yǐ bù ài nǐ, hébì ne? [Pinyin]
    He doesn't love you anymore, so what's the point?

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Korean
Hanja in this term
何必

Adverb

何必 • (hapil) (hangeul 하필)

  1. Hanja form? of 하필 (“of all things”).
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