何樂不為

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (何樂不為/何樂不爲)		何	樂	不	為/爲
simp. (何乐不为)		何	乐	不	为

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hélèbùwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-lo̍k-put-ûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hélèbùwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hélèbùwéi
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-lê⁴-pu⁴-wei²
    • Yale: hé-lè-bù-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herlehbuwei
    • Palladius: хэлэбувэй (xɛlɛbuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: hòh lohk bāt wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ lok⁹ bat⁷ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ log⁶ bed¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-lo̍k-put-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: hô-lo̍k-put-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoilogput'uii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/

Idiom

何樂不為

1. (rhetorical) why not do it?; what is there against it?

Synonyms

• 何樂而不為／何乐而不为 (hé lè ér bù wéi)