何 - hé - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

(lit.) "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晋惠帝 when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat); (fig.) (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight

为何

wèi hé

why

whence?; where from?

any; whatever; whichever

几何

jǐ hé

geometry; (literary) how much

奈何

nài hé

to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail

how; what way; what

nothing else; soon; before long

缘何

yuán hé

why?; for what reason?

geometry

geometric straight line

geometric quantity

whither

to have no alternative; to be helpless

somehow

algebraic geometry

intrinsic geometry

geometric optics

(math.) geometric topology

geometric series

fractal geometry

hyperbolic geometry

projective geometry

plane geometry

differential geometry

意下如何

yì xià rú hé

how about it?; what do you think?

投影几何

tóu yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry; same as 射影幾何|射影几何

无可奈何

wú kě nài hé

have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈

anything; whatever

whoever

anywhere; wherever

whenever

anyhow; anyway; whatever; whatever happens; no matter what; as it may; in any case; at any rate; at all events

曾几何时

céng jǐ hé shí

just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..

spherical geometry

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

solid geometry

analytic geometry; coordinate geometry

非欧几何

fēi ōu jǐ hé

non-Euclidean geometry

algebraic geometry

intrinsic geometry

geometric mean

(math.) geometric topology

fractal geometry

projective geometry

differential geometry

投影几何学

tóu yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry; same as 射影幾何學|射影几何学

解析几何学

jiě xī jǐ hé xué

analytic geometry; coordinate geometry

非欧几何学

fēi ōu jǐ hé xué

non-Euclidean geometry

几何级数增长

jǐ hé jí shù zēng zhǎng

exponential increase

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)

既有今日何必当初

jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

see 早知今日何必当初

Idioms (6)

何济于事

hé jì yú shì

of what use is it; (idiom)

情何以堪

qíng hé yǐ kān

how can this be endured! (idiom)

谈何容易

tán hé róng yì

easier said than done (idiom)

人生何处不相逢

rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng

it's a small world (idiom)

天涯何处无芳草

tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo

there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)

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); to regret vainly one's past behavior

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