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如何

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjyu4 ho4

(question) What do someone think?

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

jyu44 · low fallingho44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

jyu于jyu1in 伛jyu2hunchbacked 酗jyu3to become drunk and violent 鱼jyu4fish 语jyu5dialect 预jyu6to take part in

ho呵ho1to scold 可ho2canho3—河ho4riverho5—贺ho6to congratulate

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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如何

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

如何 rú hé CC-CEDICT · Mandarinhow; what way; what

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ru2 he2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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