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云何

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Chinese

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(classical) to say what; how; why
simp. and trad.
(云何)

Etymology

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The term has been started to detach from its literal meaning since the times of the Classic of Poetry. Cf. 如何, which has undergone a similar route.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (35) (33)
Final () (59) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter hjun ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/ /ɦɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/ /ɦɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/ /ɣɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/ /ɦa/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/ /ɣɑ/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/ /ɣɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/ /ɣɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4 ho4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yún
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjun › ‹ ha ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə[r]/ /*[ɡ]ˁaj/
English say 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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 16363 7458
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢun/ /*ɡaːl/

Adverb

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云何

  1. (often in a rhetorical question) how; why

Phrase

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云何

  1. what is ...? what does ... mean?
  2. (literally) what does ... say?