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何如

Mandarin · pinyin hé rú

how about
what kind of

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何: hé · what, why, where, which, how
如: rú · if, supposing; as if; like, as

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2–2 · he2 ru2

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adv

(archaic or Northern Min) how; what; in what way

conj

(archaic) it would be better to; might as well; let's

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