# 何事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): héshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^4$ si$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-sṳ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: héshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: héshìh
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: hé-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershyh
*** Palladius: хэши (xɛši)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$何事 合適／合适 核示 核試／核试
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$ si$^6$
*** Yale: hòh sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹ siː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$ sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ha dzriH
Rime :
| Character | 何 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 胡歌切 | 鉏吏切 |
| Baxter | ha | dzriH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑ/ | /d͡ʒɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑ/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑ/ | /d͡ʒie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦa/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑ/ | /d͡ʒiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑ/ | /d͡ʒĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɑ/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^4$ | zi$^6$ |

### Noun

何事
* (literary) what is it; what is the matter

### Pronoun

何事
* (literary) why
    From: circa 1655-1685, Nara Singde (納蘭性德),《木蘭花·擬古決絕詞柬友》
    Rénshēng ruòzhǐ rú chūjiàn, héshì qiūfēng bēi huàshàn. [Pinyin]
    If life remained the same as in th’ days we first met, Why should autumn wind make th’ painted fan grieve and fret?
    From: c. 1076, Su Shi (蘇軾),《水調歌頭·中秋》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
    Bùyīng yǒu hèn, héshì piān xiàng bié shí yuán? [Pinyin]
    Against man she should have no spite, Why then when people part is she oft full and bright?
    From: c. 773-777, Liu Changqing (劉長卿),《長沙過賈誼宅》
    Jìjì jiāngshān yáoluò chù, lián jūn héshì dào tiānyá! [Pinyin]
    You were left with lonely river and mountain amidst falling leaves. I pity you (along with myself) for being relegated to such a remote place without knowing why!

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 何 | 事 |
| なに Grade: 2 | こと > ごと Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) なにごと [nànígótó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [na̠ɲ̟iɡo̞to̞]

### Noun

何(なに)事(ごと) • (nanigoto)
* what sort of matter
** c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:かぐや姫「なにごとをか、のたまはん事は、うけたまはらざらむ。 […] 」(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2018, 新幹線、無数の血痕…逮捕の男「むしゃくしゃした」 in 『産経ニュース』 (Sankei News)
    何(なに)事(ごと)かと思(おも)った。まさか事(じ)件(けん)とは
       Nanigoto ka to omotta. Masaka jiken to wa
       I was wondering if something had happened. I would have never imagined that it would be a crime…
** 2018, 豪雨、猛暑に台風　被災住民「くたびれた」 in 『毎日新聞』 (Mainichi Shimbun)
    何(なに)事(ごと)もなく台(たい)風(ふう)が過(す)ぎることを願(ねが)っている
       nanigoto mo naku taifū ga sugiru koto o negatteiru
       I am hoping that the typhoon will go away without any incidents
* unspecified matter
** c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:竹取の翁、「この匠が申ことはなに事ぞ」と傾きをり。(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** c. late 9th-mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari:これを見て、「あが佛、なに事（ごと）思ひたまふぞ。思すらんこと何（なに）ごとぞ」と言へば […](please add an English translation of this quotation)

### See also

* 何(なに) (nani)
* 何(なに)物(もの) (nanimono)
* 何(なに)者(もの) (nanimono)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Sakakura, Atsuyoshi with Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, and Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN.