何事

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (何事)		何	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-sṳ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héshìh
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-shih⁴
  - Yale: hé-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershyh
  - Palladius: хэши (xɛši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: hòh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ha dzriH

Rime
Character	何	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡歌切	鉏吏切
Baxter	ha	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/d͡ʒɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/d͡ʒie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/d͡ʒiə^H/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/d͡ʒĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho⁴	zi⁶

Noun

何事

(literary) what is it; what is the matter

Pronoun

何事

(literary) why
- 人生若只如初見，何事秋風悲畫扇。 [Ci, trad.]
  人生若只如初见，何事秋风悲画扇。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: circa 1655-1685, Nara Singde (納蘭性德),《木蘭花·擬古決絕詞柬友》
  Rénshēng ruòzhǐ rú chūjiàn, héshì qiūfēng bēi huàshàn. [Pinyin]
  If life remained the same as in th’ days we first met, Why should autumn wind make th’ painted fan grieve and fret?
- 不應有恨，何事偏向別時圓？ [Ci, trad.]
  不应有恨，何事偏向别时圆？ [Ci, simp.]
  From: c. 1076, Su Shi (蘇軾),《水調歌頭·中秋》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Bùyīng yǒu hèn, héshì piān xiàng bié shí yuán? [Pinyin]
  Against man she should have no spite, Why then when people part is she oft full and bright?
- 寂寂江山搖落處，憐君何事到天涯！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  寂寂江山摇落处，怜君何事到天涯！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 773-777, Liu Changqing (劉長卿),《長沙過賈誼宅》
  Jìjì jiāngshān yáoluò chù, lián jūn héshì dào tiānyá! [Pinyin]
  You were left with lonely river and mountain amidst falling leaves. I pity you (along with myself) for being relegated to such a remote place without knowing why!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	事
なに Grade: 2	こと > ごと Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なにごと [nànígótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠ɲ̟iɡo̞to̞]

Noun

何(なに)事(ごと) • (nanigoto)

what sort of matter
- c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  かぐや姫「なにごとをか、のたまはん事は、うけたまはらざらむ。 […] 」
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018, 新幹線、無数の血痕…逮捕の男「むしゃくしゃした」 in 『産経ニュース』 (Sankei News) [1]
  何(なに)事(ごと)かと思(おも)った。まさか事(じ)件(けん)とは
  Nanigoto ka to omotta. Masaka jiken to wa
  I was wondering if something had happened. I would have never imagined that it would be a crime…
- 2018, 豪雨、猛暑に台風　被災住民「くたびれた」 in 『毎日新聞』 (Mainichi Shimbun) [2]
  何(なに)事(ごと)もなく台(たい)風(ふう)が過(す)ぎることを願(ねが)っている
  nanigoto mo naku taifū ga sugiru koto o negatteiru
  I am hoping that the typhoon will go away without any incidents
unspecified matter
- c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  竹取の翁、「この匠が申ことはなに事ぞ」と傾きをり。
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  これを見て、「あが佛、なに事（ごと）思ひたまふぞ。思すらんこと何（なに）ごとぞ」と言へば […]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Sakakura, Atsuyoshi with Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, and Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN.