何處

See also: 何处 and 何処

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (何處)		何	處
simp. (何处)		何	处

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héchù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ cyu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-chhu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hor² cy⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hô-chhù

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ cu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héchù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héchù
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-chʻu⁴
  - Yale: hé-chù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchuh
  - Palladius: хэчу (xɛču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ cyu³
  - Yale: hòh chyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ tsy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ qu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ t͡sʰyː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hor² cy⁴ [Phonetic: hor¹ cy⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤-chṳ̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰy⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hor² cy⁴ [Phonetic: hor¹ cy⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰy⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-chhù
  - Tâi-lô: hô-tshù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoizhux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho⁵ cu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô tshù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²¹³/

Middle Chinese: ha tsyhoH

Rime
Character	何	處
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡歌切	昌據切
Baxter	ha	tsyhoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/t͡ɕʰɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/t͡ɕʰiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/t͡ɕʰiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/cʰɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/t͡ɕʰiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/t͡ɕʰĭo^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/t͡ɕʰi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	chù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho⁴	cyu³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj t.qʰaʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl kʰljas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	何	處
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	chù
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›	‹ tsyho^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁaj/	/*t.qʰaʔ-s/
English	what	place (n.)
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	處
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7458	5249
Phonetic component	可	虍
Rime group	歌	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	何	處
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːl/	/*kʰljas/

Pronoun

何處

(literary) what place; where

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 哪裡 (“where”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何, 何處, 何許, 何所, 何方, 安
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		哪裡, 何處, 什麼地方
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial
	Taiwan	哪裡, 哪
	Ulanhot	哪兒
	Tongliao	哪兒
	Chifeng	哪兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	哪兒
	Harbin	哪兒, 哪疙兒, 哪疙瘩, 哪海兒, 哪塊兒, 哪場兒
	Shenyang	哪兒, 哪塊兒
	Malaysia	哪裡
	Singapore	哪裡
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	哪, 哪裡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	哪兒, 哪裡, 哪場兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	哪兒
	Wanrong	哪達, 哪那
	Zhengzhou	哪兒
	Xi'an	哪搭兒, 哪搭
	Xining	哪裡
	Xuzhou	哪來, 哪下, 哪點兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	哪塌, 哪塌兒, 哪呢
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	哪塌, 哪呢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	哪點, 哪裡
	Bayanhot	哪兒
	Lanzhou	哪達, 哪達裡, 哪達兒
	Ürümqi	哪達
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哪兒, 啥子地方, 哪跟前, 哪點兒
	Wuhan	哪裡, 啥裡, 哪歇, 哪塊, 哪塊歇, 啥塊, 啥塊些
	Guiyang	哪點
	Kunming	哪點兒
	Guilin	哪塏
	Liuzhou	哪裡, 哪, 哪塏, 哪位子, 哪塊, 哪甿
	Shanglin (Sanli)	哪點
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	哪裡, 哪塊子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	哪塊, 哪裡, 哪兒
	Yangzhou	哪塊, 哪
	Nantong	哪對過, 哪腳下
	Hefei	哪格子, 哪蒿子, 哪塊子, 哪塊
	Huanggang	哪下兒
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	哪點
Cantonese	Guangzhou	邊度, 邊處, 邊
	Hong Kong	邊度, 邊處, 邊
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	選頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	選處
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	哪頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	哪埞
	Macau	邊度, 邊處, 邊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	邊度
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	哪度
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	哪處
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	星處
	Foshan	邊度
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	邊度
	Foshan (Shunde)	邊度
	Foshan (Sanshui)	邊度
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	邊度
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邊呢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	邊處
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	邊
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	哪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	邊子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	邊子
	Taishan	哪埞, 哪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	哪
	Enping (Niujiang)	哪
	Heshan (Yayao)	唔址
	Dongguan	邊處, 鼠處
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	邊度
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	哪埞
	Shaoguan	邊度
	Yunfu	邊埞
	Yangjiang	邊, 邊處, 邊處塗
	Xinyi	庶
	Nanning	邊笪埞, 邊笪, 邊啲
	Wuzhou	邊啲, 邊笪, 邊笪埞方
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	邊度
	Singapore (Guangfu)	邊度, 邊, 邊處
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	邊度
Gan	Nanchang	哪裡
	Lichuan	哪咑
	Pingxiang	哪裡
Hakka	Meixian	哪仔, 哪滴
	Xingning	哪裡
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	哪呢, 哪笪
	Huidong (Daling)	哪等
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	哪埞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	哪埞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	哪埞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	哪子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	哪望
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	哪埞
	Changting	哪塊, 哪塊哩, 哪裡, 哪裡哩, 哪角
	Wuping (Pingyu)	哪子
	Liancheng	哪裡, 哪角
	Ninghua	何個, 台角
	Ruijin	哪, 哪營子
	Shicheng	哪裡
	Shangyou (Shexi)	哪當
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	哪位
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	哪搭仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	哪位
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	哪位
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	哪位
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	哪位
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	哪位
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	哪位, 哪仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	哪位, 哪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	哪位, 哪仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	哪位
	Hong Kong	哪裡, 哪埞
	Sabah (Longchuan)	哪埞
	Senai (Huiyang)	哪位
	Kuching (Hepo)	哪位
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	阿位
	Singkawang	阿位
Huizhou	Jixi	哪塊, 哪個許塊
	Shexian	哪個落地
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	哪裡
	Xiuning	哪裡
	Yixian	哪個背兒
	Wuyuan	何落
	Shitai (Xianyu)	哪裡
Jin	Taiyuan	哪裡, 哪兒家
	Pingyao	哪兒, 哪底下
	Xinzhou	哪兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	哪兒
	Linhe	哪兒
	Jining	哪兒
	Hohhot	哪兒
	Baotou	哪兒
	Dongsheng	哪兒
	Haibowan	哪兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	呢底
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	呢底
	Songxi	呢底
	Zhenghe	呢搭底
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	哪底, 哪
	Jianyang	哪角底, 哪角
	Wuyishan	哪地
	Pucheng (Shibei)	呢底
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	底所, 底塊 dated or rural
	Fuzhou (Changle)	底所
	Fuqing	佗落, 途位
	Pingtan	佗落
	Yongtai	底所
	Gutian	底塊
	Fu'an	底塊
	Ningde	底塊
	Shouning	底位穴, 底位
	Zhouning	底塊
	Matsu	底所
	Singapore (Fuqing)	佗落
Southern Min	Xiamen	佗落, 佗, 佗一位, 佗位, 佗一帶, 佗帶
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佗落
	Quanzhou	佗落, 佗, 佗一位, 底帶
	Jinjiang	佗落, 佗一位, 底落
	Nan'an	佗落
	Shishi	佗落
	Hui'an	佗搭, 佗, 佗落
	Anxi	佗落
	Yongchun	佗落, 寡
	Dehua	佗落仔
	Zhangzhou	佗落仔, 佗落, 佗位仔, 佗位, 佗, 佗一位
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	佗落仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	佗落仔, 佗落
	Hua'an	佗仔, 佗位仔
	Nanjing	佗落仔
	Pinghe	佗落, 佗一位, 佗位, 底位
	Zhangpu	佗位
	Yunxiao	底仔
	Zhao'an	底位, 底落
	Dongshan	底位
	Taipei	佗位
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	佗位
	Kaohsiung	佗位
	Yilan	佗位, 佗位仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	佗落
	Taichung	佗位
	Tainan	佗位
	Hsinchu	佗位
	Kinmen	佗, 佗落
	Penghu (Magong)	佗位
	Penang (Hokkien)	佗落, 佗落位
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佗落
	Manila (Hokkien)	佗落
	Longyan	佗落
	Zhangping	佗落, 佗位
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	佗落
	Datian	底窟
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	哪裡
	Chaozhou	底塊
	Shantou	底塊
	Shantou (Chenghai)	底塊
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	底囝
	Jieyang	底塊
	Haifeng	底帶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	底塊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	底一塊
	Singapore (Teochew)	底塊
	Pontianak (Teochew)	底塊
	Leizhou	底跡
	Wenchang	帶
	Haikou	乜帶, 底帶, 底幅帶, 乜地方, 底內
	Qionghai	帶寺
	Singapore (Hainanese)	帶, 倒帶
Puxian Min	Putian	佗落
Puxian Min	Xianyou	底跡, 底落, 佗落
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	底度
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	底
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哪啲, 哪甿
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	哪裡
Wu	Shanghai	阿裡, 阿裡搭, 阿裡頭, 啥地方, 啥個地方, 啥場化 dated, 啥個場化 dated
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	何旦, 何裡旦
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	哈戶蕩
	Shanghai (Jiading)	何裡浪, 何浪
	Shanghai (Chongming)	哪墩, 何墩
	Suzhou	啥場化, 哪搭
	Wuxi	羅裡搭葛, 羅搭
	Danyang	哪裡
	Hangzhou	哪裡
	Ningbo	阿裡, 阿𡍲, 焉𡍲, 啥地方, 啥塢探, 啥塢宕
	Wenzhou	狃宕, 狃柢, 狃, 若宕, 若柢
	Jinhua	哪裡, 哪汏
Xiang	Changsha	哪裡, 何至, 哪當
	Xiangtan	哪當
	Loudi	哪裡
	Shuangfeng	哪裡
	Hengyang	哪裡
	Quanzhou	哪裡

Derived terms

人生何處不相逢 / 人生何处不相逢 (rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng)
天涯何處無芳草 / 天涯何处无芳草 (tiānyá héchù wú fāngcǎo)

References

“Entry #9758”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	處
どこ
Grade: 2	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Kanji in this term
何	處
いず > いど Grade: 2	こ Hyōgai
irregular

Kanji in this term
何	處
いず Grade: 2	こ Hyōgai
kun'yomi	irregular

Kanji in this term
何	處
いず Grade: 2	く Hyōgai
kun'yomi	irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 何處 – see the following entries.

【どこ】

[pronoun] indefinite interrogative pronoun:

[pronoun] points to unknown or unspecified locations: where..., which [noun]...

[pronoun] points to objects belonging to an uncertain group: which [collective noun]...

[pronoun] (added before a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere

[adverb] This term needs a translation to English.

Alternative spellings
何処, 何所

【いずこ】

[pronoun] (archaic) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which

[pronoun] (archaic, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere

Alternative spelling
何処

【いずく】

[pronoun] (archaic) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which

[pronoun] (archaic, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere

Alternative spellings
何処, 何く

【いどこ】

[pronoun] (archaic, obsolete) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which

[pronoun] (archaic, obsolete, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere

Alternative spellings
何処, 何所

(This term, 何處, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (何処) of the above terms.)