ér​hé

how

  • created reference approved 而何 → 如何 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    而何 ér​hé

    如何 rú​hé

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 而何 · ér​hé · how — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    而何

    ér​hé

    how

    (literary) how; how about it; in what way

    而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 何 (literal) → 何 · hé · what

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 而何 · ér​hé · what else — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    而何

    ér​hé

    what else

    (literary) what else; what other than; used as the closing element after [[非|非|fei1]]... in a rhetorical pattern meaning "if not... then what?", implying "it is nothing other than..."

    而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 何 (literal) → 何 · hé · what

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense