何嘗

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	to taste; flavour; indicator of past tense to taste; flavour; indicator of past tense; already; ever; once; test; formerly
trad. (何嘗)		何	嘗
simp. (何尝)		何	尝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hécháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ soeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-sióng / hô-sióng / hô-siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hécháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hécháng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chʻang²
    • Yale: hé-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hercharng
    • Palladius: хэчан (xɛčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ soeng⁴
    • Yale: hòh sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hosiorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoisiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoisiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² siaŋ⁵³/

Adverb

何嘗

1. (used in rhetorical questions) when is it ever the case that ...; ever so

   我何嘗說過這樣的話？ [MSC, trad.]
   我何尝说过这样的话？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ hécháng shuō guò zhèyàng de huà? [Pinyin]

   When did I ever say something like that?

   走走，看看，聊聊，又何嘗不是學習呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   走走，看看，聊聊，又何尝不是学习呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zǒuzǒu, kànkàn, liáoliáo, yòu hécháng bùshì xuéxí ne? [Pinyin]

   Wandering, watching, chin-wagging — aren't they ways of learning?