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 hé what / how / why / which / carry
Results beginning with 何
 hé shí when
 hé bì there is no need / why should
 hé kuàng let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more
 hé chù whence / where
 hé bù why not? / why not do (sth)?
 hé yǐ (literary) why / how
 hé děng what kind? / how, what / somewhat
 hé zài where? / what place?
 hé fāng where?
 hé rén who
 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that...
 hé kǔ why bother? / is it worth the trouble?
 hé wèi (literary) what is? / what is the meaning of?
 hé fáng what harm is there in (doing sth)
 hé gù what for? / what's the reason?
 hé qí (literary) (similar to 多麼|多么[duo1 me5], used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc) / so (many etc)
 hé zhǐ far more than / not just
 hé rì when?
 hé xū there is no need / why should
 hé céng did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
 hé xǔ (literary) what place / what time / how
 hé gān what business?
 hé chì (literary) far more than / not limited to
 hé rú how about / what kind of
 hé suǒ where / what place
 hé wéi what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
 hé wèi (old) why
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 hé shǒu wū Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
 Hé Hòu huá He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009
 Hé Yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
 hé kǔ ne why bother? / is it worth the trouble?
 hé xǔ rén (literary) what kind of person
 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take
 hé chū cǐ yán where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?
 hé jì yú shì of what use is it / (idiom)
 Hé lǔ xiǎo fū Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964 / also written 赫魯曉夫|赫鲁晓夫
西 Hé xī ā shū Book of Hosea
 hé yǐ jiàn dé how can one be sure?
 hé lè ér bù wéi What can you have against it? (idiom) / We should do this. / Go for it!
  Hodgkin's disease
 hé bù shí ròu mí lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
 hé dōng tú shū guǎn Sir
 hé méng kù lǔ zī homunculus
·  José Martí Pioneer Organization
··  José Celestino Mutis Agreement
Approximate Results for 何
 rèn hé any / whatever / whichever / whatsoever
 rú hé how / what way / what
 wèi hé why
 jǐ hé geometry / (literary) how much
 nài hé to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail
 yuán hé why? / for what reason?
 wú hé nothing else / soon / before long
 cóng hé whence? / where from?
 Xiāo Hé Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
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 rèn hé rén anyone
 jǐ hé xué geometry
 mò nài hé to have no alternative / to be helpless
 jǐ hé liàng geometric quantity
线 jǐ hé xiàn geometric straight line
 xiàng hé chù whither
 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means
 wú kě nài hé have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4]
 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
 tán hé róng yì easier said than done (idiom)
 jǐ hé tú xíng geometric figure
 jiě xī jǐ hé analytic geometry / coordinate geometry
 lì tǐ jǐ hé solid geometry
 mò kě nài hé see 無可奈何|无可奈何[wu2 ke3 nai4 he2]
 píng miàn jǐ hé plane geometry
  geometric depreciation
  core configuration / core geometry
  array design / array geometry / seismic pattern
 bù zhī hé gù somehow
 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal! / Whatever next?
 dài shù jǐ hé algebraic geometry
 fǎ nù dé hé Fanuidhol
 fēi ōu jǐ hé non-Euclidean geometry
 fēn xíng jǐ hé fractal geometry
 huà fǎ jǐ hé descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
 jǐ hé guāng xué geometric optics
 jǐ hé jí shù geometric series
 jǐ hé tuò pū (math.) geometric topology
 Jǐ hé Yuán běn Euclid's Elements
 jū xīn hé zài What's (he) up to? / What's the motive behind all this?
 Lí màn jǐ hé (math.) Riemannian geometry
 Luó shì jǐ hé hyperbolic geometry / Lobachevskian geometry
 Luó shì jǐ hé hyperbolic geometry / Lobachevskian geometry
 nèi zài jǐ hé intrinsic geometry
 Oū shì jǐ hé Euclidean geometry
 qíng hé yǐ kān how can this be endured! (idiom)
 qiú miàn jǐ hé spherical geometry
 rèn hé qí tā any other
 shè yǐng jǐ hé projective geometry
 shuāng qū jǐ hé hyperbolic geometry
 tóu yǐng jǐ hé projective geometry / same as 射影幾何|射影几何
 wēi fēn jǐ hé differential geometry
 wú lùn hé chù anywhere / wherever
 wú lùn hé rén whoever
 wú lùn hé shí whenever
 wú lùn hé shì anything / whatever
 yì xià rú hé how about it? / what do you think?
 yǒu hé guì gàn What (noble errand) brings you here? / May I help you? / What can I do for you?
  Joint Declaration of the Central American Presidents / San José Declaration
  San José Conference
  San José VI
 dài shù jǐ hé xué algebraic geometry
 E2 kè lā hé mǎ Oklahoma, US state
 fēi ōu jǐ hé xué non-Euclidean geometry
 fēn xíng jǐ hé xué fractal geometry
 jiě xī jǐ hé xué analytic geometry / coordinate geometry
 jǐ hé píng jūn shù geometric mean
 jǐ hé tuò pū xué (math.) geometric topology
 Lí màn jǐ hé xué Riemannian geometry
 nèi zài jǐ hé xué intrinsic geometry
 Oū shì jǐ hé xué Euclidean geometry
 Oū shì jǐ hé xué Euclidean geometry
 shè yǐng jǐ hé xué projective geometry
 tóu yǐng jǐ hé xué projective geometry / same as 射影幾何學|射影几何学
 wēi fēn jǐ hé xué differential geometry
 E2 kè lā hé mǎ chéng Oklahoma City
 E2 kè lā hé mǎ zhōu Oklahoma, US state
 jǐ hé jí shù zēng zhǎng exponential increase
 rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng it's a small world (idiom)
  San José Plan of Action
  San Jose Declaration on Human Rights
  geometric geodesy
  source-receiver geometry / field geometry
 tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
 yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
 yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
 jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chū see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1]
  geometric dilution of precision
  reflection configuration
 bù zhī chū yú hé zhǒng yuán yīn for whatever reason
 zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) / to regret vainly one's past behavior
 chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
 shā jī hé bì yào yòng niú dāo ne don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut / de minimis non curat praetor (trivial matters are of no concern to a high official)
 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. / also written 慾加之罪,何
 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
  Agreement on Human Rights / San José Agreement
  American Convention on Human Rights / Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica
 méi yǒu guī jǔ , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán without rules, how can anything be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
 méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán without rules, how can anything be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
  do nothing scenario
 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
  velocity interferometer system for any reflector
  San José Declaration on Refugees and Displaced Persons
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