何況

See also: 何况

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	moreover; situation
trad. (何況)		何	況
simp. (何况)		何	况

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hékuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ fong³

• Gan (Wiktionary): ho² kuong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-khóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-hóng / hô-hóng / hô-khóng / hô-hòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ kuang³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-khuaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hékuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hékuàng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: hé-kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkuanq
    • Palladius: хэкуан (xɛkuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ fong³
    • Yale: hòh fong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ fong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fɔːŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ho² kuong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho²⁴ kʰuɔŋ²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-khóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ kong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² kong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ kʰoŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho'horng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'horng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-khóng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-khóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'qorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hòng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hoxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁵ kuang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô khuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰuaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-khuaon
    • MiniDict: wu^去 khuaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-khuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² kʰuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Conjunction

何況

1. let alone; not to mention; much less
2. what's more; in addition

Synonyms

• (let alone):

• 且不說／且不说 (qiěbùshuō)
• 更不用說／更不用说 (gèng bùyòng shuō)
• 更何況／更何况 (gènghékuàng)
• 無論／无论 (wúlùn)

 

• (what's more):

• 並且／并且 (bìngqiě)
• 其次 (qícì)
• 再則／再则 (zàizé) (literary)
• 再者 (zàizhě)
• 再說／再说 (zàishuō)
• 加上 (jiāshàng)
• 加之 (jiāzhī)
• 加以 (jiāyǐ)
• 另外 (lìngwài)
• 同時／同时 (tóngshí)
• 外加 (⁶nga-ka) (Wu)
• 更何況／更何况 (gènghékuàng)
• 此外 (cǐwài)
• 況且／况且 (kuàngqiě)
• 而且 (érqiě)
• 閣說／阁说 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 閣講／阁讲 (Hokkien)
• 隨外／随外 (⁶zoe-nga) (Shanghainese)

 

Derived terms

• 更何況／更何况 (gènghékuàng)