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何者

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Chinese

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carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad.
(何者)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (33) (23)
Final () (94) (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ha tsyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /ciaX/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕiaX/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕĭaX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /t͡ɕi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 ze2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhě
Middle
Chinese
‹ ha › ‹ tsyæX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁaj/ /*tAʔ/
English what (nominalizing particle)

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 # 1/2 1/1
No. 7458 16960
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːl/ /*tjaːʔ/
Notes

Adverb

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何者

  1. (literary) why

Synonyms

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Pronoun

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何者

  1. (interrogative) which one; who
  2. whichever; whoever

Synonyms

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  • (who):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なに
Grade: 2
もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
何者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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(なに)(もの) (nanimono

  1. someone; anyone
    (わたし)(なに)(もの)(おそ)れない
    Watashi wa nanimono mo osorenai.
    I fear no man.
    (literally, “I do not fear even anyone.”)
    (なに)(もの)にもなれない(ひと)
    nanimono ni mo narenai hito
    a person who will never amount to anything
    (literally, “person who cannot become even anyone”)

Synonyms

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