# 何者
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hézhě
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^4$ ze$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hézhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: héjhě
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-chê$^3$
*** Yale: hé-jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjee
*** Palladius: хэчжэ (xɛčžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$ ze$^2$
*** Yale: hòh jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$ dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$ zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ha tsyaeX
Rime :
| Character | 何 | 者 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 胡歌切 | 章也切 |
| Baxter | ha | tsyaeX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦa/ | /cia$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑ/ | /t͡ɕĭa$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɑ/ | /t͡ɕi̯a$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé | zhě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^4$ | ze$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj tAʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl tjaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 何 | 者 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé | zhě |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ha › | ‹ tsyæ$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁaj/ | /*tAʔ/ |
| English | what | (nominalizing 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 | 者 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7458 | 16960 |
| Phonetic component | 可 | 者 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 何 | 者 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːl/ | /*tjaːʔ/ |
| Notes | | 說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水， 爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說 |

### Adverb

何者
* (literary) why

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 為什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 為啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 為嘛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 為麼, 為麼個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 為啥, 因啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 為啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 為啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 為啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 為啥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 為啥子, 做啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 做麼事, 為麼事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 為哪樣, 為些哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 為什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 為什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 為什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 為什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怎搞, 怎搞的 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因咩解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 整乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 因乜嘢, 點解 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾解 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 做乜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 為物底 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 為乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 為乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 為乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 做乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 做乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 點解, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 幾解 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 為什哩 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 做乜嘢, 做嘢 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 仰解, 做乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 為乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 為麼個 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 做乜個 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 為甚, 因為甚, 幹什 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𠰻們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 為孰事, 做孰事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 傒勢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 介計 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蔣其 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 做乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 做乇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 做呢乇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 做乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 做哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 為什物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創什物 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 按怎, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 為啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 為甚物 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 為甚物 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 為啥物, 是按怎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 何物事, 做物事, 做物 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 敢哪, 敢哪誌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 作乜, 因乜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 作乜, 因乜, 怎作 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 作乜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 為乜嘢 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做門, 做哪門, 為哪門 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 為什個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥體, 為啥, 做啥, 啥講究, 為啥體, 啥個講究, 啥道理, 為啥道理, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 為何, 做何 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體 |
| Wu | Danyang | 為點高, 做點高 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 為啥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 為淡事幹, 為待西 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 為麼子, 何解 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 奚解 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 嗎介 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 為麼子, 做麼子 |

### Pronoun

何者
* (interrogative) which one; who
* whichever; whoever

#### Synonyms

* (who):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 誰$_1$, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 誰$_1$, 誰人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 誰$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 誰$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 誰$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 哪𠰻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 啥外 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 阿個, 阿一個, 啥人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 誰$_1$, 哪個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 誰$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 誰$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 誰$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 誰$_1$, 誰個, 誰們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 誰$_1$, 誰一個, 誰們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪個, 啥子人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 哪個, 啥個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 誰$_1$, 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哪個, 哪人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 哪個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 哪個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 哪個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 哪個, 哪一個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哪個, 哈個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 哪個, 啥個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 邊個, 哪誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 哪誰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哪誰人 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 邊個, 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 誰, 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿誰 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 哥誰 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 唔個 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鼠個, 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 哪人 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 不個 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 乜人, 乜誰 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 乜人, 邊人, 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 邊個, 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乜人 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 邊個 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 乜人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哪個 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 哪個 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 哪仔, 哪個仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麼人, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 哪誰, 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 哪隻, 哪人 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 哪人, 麼個人 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 哪下 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 哪下, 哪下人 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 哪下 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 哪儕, 麼人 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 麼人, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 哪誰 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 哪隻 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 哪咧 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 哪個 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 哪個 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 哪 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 哪人, 哪個 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Changting | 哪個, 哪個哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 哪個, 麼人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 哪個, 麼人 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 台人 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 哪人, 哪個 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 斯里 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪人, 哪個人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麼人, 麼儕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麼儕, 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 哪人 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 麼人 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 哪儕 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 麼儕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 哪個 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 何望 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 何一個, 唆羅 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 誰個 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 麼人 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 哪個 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 誰$_1$, 誰們 usually plural |
| Jin | Pingyao | 誰$_1$, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 誰$_1$, 誰們 usually plural |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Linhe | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Jining | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Hohhot | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Baotou | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Jin | Haibowan | 誰$_1$, 誰們 plural |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰人, 孰麼人 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 哪人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 孰麼人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 哪隻, 若隻 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 孰人 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 什麼人 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 孰人, 孰麼人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 底儂, 什乇儂 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 底儂, 儂 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 呢乇儂, 哪個 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 乇儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 底儂 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 誰$_2$, 誰$_3$, 誰$_4$, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 誰$_2$, 誰$_4$, 是誰, 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 底儂, 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 底儂, 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 誰$_5$, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 底股 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 誰$_5$ |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 什物儂 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 是誰, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 啥物儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誰$_5$, 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 誰$_2$, 啥物儂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 誰$_3$, 啥儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啥儂, 誰$_2$, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 誰仔, 啥儂 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 底儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 底儂, 誰$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 誰$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Datian | 什儂, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 乜儂 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 乜儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 底𫢗, 𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 底𫢗, 底儂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𫢗, 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 底𫢗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 誰$_3$, 誰儂 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 誰$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 誰$_3$ |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 什儂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 什儂 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 誰儕, 何隻 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 何隻 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 啥人 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 誰人 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 底儂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 底儂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哪個 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 什人 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 什人 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 什個人 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 麼人 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Lijiatian) | 何條 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 哈人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥人 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 啥人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪個, 點高人 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 哪個 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥人, 誰儂 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 哪個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哪個, 何至個 suburbs |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 哪個, 哪 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哪個, 誰個 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哪個 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 哪個 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 何 | 者 |
| なに Grade: 2 | もの Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 何者 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) なにもの [nànímónó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [na̠ɲ̟imo̞no̞]

### Pronoun

何(なに)者(もの) • (nanimono)
* someone; anyone
    私(わたし)は何(なに)者(もの)も恐(おそ)れない。
       Watashi wa nanimono mo osorenai.
       I fear no man.
       (literally, “I do not fear even anyone.”)
    何(なに)者(もの)にもなれない人(ひと)
       nanimono ni mo narenai hito
       a person who will never amount to anything
       (literally, “person who cannot become even anyone”)

#### Synonyms

* 誰(だれ) (dare)