any ⇒ 你们可以从中选择任何一个。 Nǐmen kěyǐ cóngzhōng xuǎnzé rènhé yī gè. → You can choose any one of them. ⇒ 任何人都不能迟到。 Rènhé rén dōu bùnéng chídào. → No one can be late. ⇒ 任何事物都有两面性。 Rènhé shìwù dōu yǒu liǎngmiànxìng. → Every coin has two sides.
何不
why ... not ⇒ 何不叫你女朋友一起来？ Hébù jiào nǐ nǚpéngyou yīqǐ lái? → Why don't you ask your girlfriend to come too? ⇒ 既然有事,何不早说？ Jìrán yǒushì, hébù zǎo shuō? → You may have had things to do, but why didn't you say so earlier?
何以
( 怎么 ) how
何其
how ⇒ 何其贪婪！ Héqí tānlán! → How greedy!
何况
⇒ 那影片大人看了都害怕,何况儿童。 Nà yǐngpiàn dàrén kànle dōu hàipà, hékuàng értóng. → Even adults find the film ( 英 ) 或 movie ( 美 ) scary, never mind children. ⇒ 山路很难走，何况还下着雨。 Shānlù hěn nán zǒu, hékuàng hái xiàzhe yǔ. → The mountain pass is tricky, even when it's not raining.
何妨
( 书 ) be no harm in ⇒ 说说何妨? Shuōshuo héfáng? → What's the harm in talking?
何尝
⇒ 我何尝不想多学些英语,实在是没时间。 Wǒ hécháng bù xiǎng duō xué xiē Yīngyǔ, shízài shì méi shíjiān. → It's not that I don't want to study English any more. I just don't have the time.
何必
why
何止
be far more than
何等
how ⇒ 他们何等幸福啊！ Tāmen héděng xìngfú a! → How lucky are they!
何苦
⇒ 你何苦这么做呢？ Nǐ hékǔ zhème zuò ne? → Why are you bothering to do it? ⇒ 你何苦去那么早呢？ Nǐ hékǔ qù nàme zǎo ne? → Why are you bothering to go so early?
几何
geometry
如何
⇒ 此事如何解决？ Cǐ shì rúhé jiějué? → How are we going to sort this out? ⇒ 你今后如何打算？ Nǐ jīnhòu rúhé dǎsuàn? → What are your plans for the future?
无可奈何
have no alternative ⇒ 我一再坚持,妈妈终于无可奈何地同意让我出国读书。 Wǒ yīzài jiānchí, māma zhōngyú wú kě nài hé de tóngyì ràng wǒ chūguó dúshū. → I persevered and persevered, and in the end my mother had no alternative but to agree to let me study abroad.
谈何容易
easier said than done
English translation of '何'
何
(hé)
代
(= 什么)
⇒ 何时 (héshí) when
⇒ 何人 (hérén) who
⇒ 何地 (hédì) where
(= 哪里)
⇒ 这消息从何而来 ？ (Zhè xiāoxi cóng hé ér lái?) Where did this information come from?