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何必

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

Adverb

何必

(Intermediate Mandarin) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hébì

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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
  - 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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-pit
  - Tâi-lô: hô-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/