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): hô-pit / hô͘-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: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-pit
  - Tâi-lô: hô-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-pit
  - Tâi-lô: hôo-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'pid
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/

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?

Synonyms

何須／何须 (héxū)
何苦 (hékǔ)
(Min Nan) 甲著／甲着, 何得苦, 何得而苦, 何乜苦

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 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū)

早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)

Korean

Hanja in this term
何	必

Adverb

何必 • (hapil) (hangeul 하필)

Hanja form^? of 하필 (“of all things”).

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