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Definition 2024
何方
何方
Chinese
carry; what; how; why; which
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square; quadrilateral; direction; just
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simp. and trad. (何方) |
何 | 方 | |
Noun
何方
- (literary) where
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 何 | 方 |
| Grade: 2 | Grade: 2 |
| Irregular | |
Pronoun
何方 (hiragana どちら, romaji dochira)
- which way?
- which one? (of two alternatives)
See also
Japanese demonstratives
| ko- “this” (close to speaker) |
so- “that” (close to listener) |
a- “that over there” (far from both) |
do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
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| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — | |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — | |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Direction | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) | |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu) | そいつ (soitsu) | あいつ (aitsu) | どいつ (doitsu) |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) | ||||
Usage notes
The hiragana spelling (どちら) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何方), which is rarely used.
Pronoun
何方 (hiragana どなた, romaji donata)
- who? (honorific)
Usage notes
The hiragana spelling (どなた) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何方).
Synonyms
- 誰 (dare) (plain)