何謂

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	speak of
trad. (何謂)		何	謂
simp. (何谓)		何	谓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ wai⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hor² ui⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-ūi / hô-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héwèi
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-wei⁴
  - Yale: hé-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herwey
  - Palladius: хэвэй (xɛvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ wai⁶
  - Yale: hòh waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ wɐi̯²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic: hor⁴ ui⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤-ūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ¹³⁻⁴² ui¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hor² ui⁵ [Phonetic: hor⁴ ui⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² ui²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: hôo-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'ui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: hô-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'ui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² ui²²/

Middle Chinese: ha hjw+jH

Rime
Character	何	謂
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡歌切	于貴切
Baxter	ha	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/ɦʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/ɦʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/ɦuj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/ɣĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/we̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho⁴	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj [ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl ɢuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	何	謂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›	‹ hjw+j^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁaj/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English	what	say, tell, call
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	何	謂
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	7458	12943
Phonetic component	可	胃
Rime group	歌	隊
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	何	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːl/	/*ɢuds/

Adverb

何謂

(formal) what is meant by; what is the meaning of; what is