# 何其
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): héqí
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^4$ kei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: héqí
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hécí
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: hé-chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchyi
*** Palladius: хэци (xɛci)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$ kei$^4$
*** Yale: hòh kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$ kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$ kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ha gi
Rime :
| Character | 何 | 其 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 胡歌切 | 渠之切 |
| Baxter | ha | gi |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑ/ | /ɡɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑ/ | /ɡɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑ/ | /ɡie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦa/ | /gɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑ/ | /ɡiə/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑ/ | /ɡĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɑ/ | /gi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^4$ | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj ɡə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl ɡɯ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 何 | 其 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ha › | ‹ gi › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁaj/ | /*ɡə/ |
| English | what | modal particle |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 何 | 其 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7458 | 9947 |
| Phonetic component | 可 | 其 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 何 | 其 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːl/ | /*ɡɯ/ |

### Adverb

何其
* (literary) how; why
* (literary) how
    何其愉快 ― héqí yúkuài ― how happy [i.e. quite happy]
    用心何其毒辣！ ― Yòngxīn héqí dúlà! ― How sinister was he!

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多麼, 何等, 何其 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多麼, 多 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多麼, 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好, 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多麼, 多來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥, 若 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈, 幾恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幾, 幾多, 好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 幾, 好 |