何必

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily
simp. and trad. (何必)		何	必

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hébì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ bit¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-pit
Min Nan (POJ): hô͘-pit / hô-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hébì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herbih
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ bit¹
  - Yale: hòh bīt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ bit⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ bid¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-pit
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ bid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² bid⁵
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ pit̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-pit
  - Tâi-lô: hôo-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'pid
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-pit
  - Tâi-lô: hô-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pid
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/

Adverb

何必

(in rhetorical questions) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother
他已不愛你，何必呢？ [MSC, trad.]
他已不爱你，何必呢？ [MSC, simp.]
Tā yǐ bù ài nǐ, hébì ne? [Pinyin]
He doesn't love you anymore, so what's the point?

Derived terms

何必當初／何必当初
既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初

早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎo zhī jīnrì, hébìdāngchū)

Korean

Hanja in this term
何	必

Adverb

何必 • (hapil) (hangeul 하필)

Hanja form^? of 하필 (“of all things”).

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