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Definitions

  1. 1. what
  2. 2. how
  3. 3. why
  4. 4. which
  5. 5. carry

Example Sentences

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這間圖書館有任 英語雜誌嗎?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 811586)

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Words Containing 何

何厚铧
hé hòu huá

He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009

欧式几何
ōu shì jǐ hé

Euclidean geometry

投影几何
tóu yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry

何方
hé fāng

where?

任何
rèn hé

any

何须
hé xū

there is no need

画法几何
huà fǎ jǐ hé

descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)

何曾
hé céng

did I ever ...? (or \did he ever ...?\ etc)

黎曼几何
lí màn jǐ hé

(math.) Riemannian geometry

何止
hé zhǐ

far more than

何所
hé suǒ

where

不知何故
bù zhī hé gù

somehow

何许人
hé xǔ rén

(literary) what kind of person

何妨
hé fáng

what harm is there in (doing sth)

黎曼几何学
lí màn jǐ hé xué

Riemannian geometry

平面几何
píng miàn jǐ hé

plane geometry

何应钦
hé yìng qīn

He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general

何苦
hé kǔ

why bother?

何时
hé shí

when

莫可奈何
mò kě nài hé

see 無可奈何|无可奈何[wú kě nài hé]

罗氏几何
luó shì jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

欲加之罪,何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb

投影几何学
tóu yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry

何去何从
hé qù hé cóng

what course to follow

几何级数
jǐ hé jí shù

geometric series

冤冤相报何时了
yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo

if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)

俄克拉何马
é kè lā hé mǎ

Oklahoma, US state

何许
hé xǔ

(literary) what place

微分几何
wēi fēn jǐ hé

differential geometry

何鲁晓夫
hé lǔ xiǎo fū

Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964

何谓
hé wèi

(literary) what is?

无论何时
wú lùn hé shí

whenever

双曲几何
shuāng qū jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

有何贵干
yǒu hé guì gàn

What (noble errand) brings you here?

何乐而不为
hé lè ér bù wéi

What can you have against it? (idiom)

有宝何必人前夸
yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā

There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)

无论何处
wú lùn hé chù

anywhere

何等
hé děng

what kind?

缘何
yuán hé

why?

何如
hé rú

how about

何不
hé bù

why not?

代数几何
dài shù jǐ hé

algebraic geometry

为何
wèi hé

why

何日
hé rì

when?

分形几何
fēn xíng jǐ hé

fractal geometry

何干
hé gān

what business?

几何
jǐ hé

geometry

没有规矩,何以成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán

without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

何不食肉糜
hé bù shí ròu mí

fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight

无何
wú hé

nothing else

几何级数增长
jǐ hé jí shù zēng zhǎng

exponential increase

向何处
xiàng hé chù

whither

成也萧何,败也萧何
chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé

lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]

何出此言
hé chū cǐ yán

where do these words stem from?

几何学
jǐ hé xué

geometry

俄克拉何马州
é kè lā hé mǎ zhōu

Oklahoma, US state

无可奈何
wú kě nài hé

have no way out

解析几何学
jiě xī jǐ hé xué

analytic geometry

成何体统
chéng hé tǐ tǒng

What a scandal!

立体几何
lì tǐ jǐ hé

solid geometry

曾几何时
céng jǐ hé shí

just a while before

何尝
hé cháng

(rhetorical question) when?

何人
hé rén

who

微分几何学
wēi fēn jǐ hé xué

differential geometry

几何拓扑学
jǐ hé tuò pū xué

(math.) geometric topology

何以见得
hé yǐ jiàn dé

how can one be sure?

非欧几何
fēi ōu jǐ hé

non-Euclidean geometry

从何
cóng hé

whence?

何为
hé wéi

what is

何以
hé yǐ

(literary) why

分形几何学
fēn xíng jǐ hé xué

fractal geometry

几何拓扑
jǐ hé tuò pū

(math.) geometric topology

如何
rú hé

how

何况
hé kuàng

let alone

几何平均数
jǐ hé píng jūn shù

geometric mean

何其
hé qí

(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么[duō me], used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)

早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)

几何图形
jǐ hé tú xíng

geometric figure

何故
hé gù

what for?

一部二十四史,不知从何说起
yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

非欧几何学
fēi ōu jǐ hé xué

non-Euclidean geometry

何首乌
hé shǒu wū

Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)

既有今日何必当初
jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]

天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo

there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)

谈何容易
tán hé róng yì

easier said than done (idiom)

俄克拉何马城
é kè lā hé mǎ chéng

Oklahoma City

无论如何
wú lùn rú hé

whatever the case

无论何事
wú lùn hé shì

anything

射影几何
shè yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry

何啻
hé chì

(literary) far more than

奈何
nài hé

to do something to sb

何济于事
hé jì yú shì

of what use is it

欧式几何学
ōu shì jǐ hé xué

Euclidean geometry

何西阿书
hé xī ā shū

Book of Hosea

代数几何学
dài shù jǐ hé xué

algebraic geometry

居心何在
jū xīn hé zài

What's (he) up to?

何必
hé bì

there is no need

几何量
jǐ hé liàng

geometric quantity

内在几何学
nèi zài jǐ hé xué

intrinsic geometry

没奈何
mò nài hé

to have no alternative; to be helpless

几何原本
jǐ hé yuán běn

Euclid's Elements

何处
hé chù

whence

何在
hé zài

where?

意下如何
yì xià rú hé

how about it?

球面几何
qiú miàn jǐ hé

spherical geometry

萧何
xiāo hé

Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]

几何光学
jǐ hé guāng xué

geometric optics

罗式几何
luó shì jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

解析几何
jiě xī jǐ hé

analytic geometry

人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng

it's a small world (idiom)

内在几何
nèi zài jǐ hé

intrinsic geometry

射影几何学
shè yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry

无论何人
wú lùn hé rén

whoever

欧氏几何学
ōu shì jǐ hé xué

Euclidean geometry

情何以堪
qíng hé yǐ kān

how can this be endured! (idiom)