何方

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (何方)		何	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héfang
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-fang¹
    • Yale: hé-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herfang
    • Palladius: хэфан (xɛfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ fong¹
    • Yale: hòh fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hong
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'hofng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

何方

1. (literary) 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
	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
	Xianyou	底跡, 底落, 佗落
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	底度
	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

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
何	方
ど Grade: 2	ちら Grade: 2
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)); borrowed from Chinese 何 + 方.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どちら [dóꜜchìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞t͡ɕiɾa̠]

Pronoun

何(ど)方(ちら) • (dochira) 

1. which way?
2. which one? (of two alternatives)

Usage notes

The hiragana spelling (どちら) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何方), which is rarely used.

See also

Japanese demonstratives

	ko- “this” (close to speaker)	so- “that” (close to listener)	a- “that over there” (far from both)	do- “which” (indeterminate, question)
Object	これ (kore)	それ (sore)	あれ (are)	どれ (dore)
	これら (korera)	それら (sorera)	あれら (arera)	—
Determiner	この (kono)	その (sono)	あの (ano)	どの (dono)
	これらの (korera no)	それらの (sorera no)	あれらの (arera no)	—
Kind	こんな (konna)	そんな (sonna)	あんな (anna)	どんな (donna)
	こういう (kō iu)	そういう (sō iu)	ああいう (ā iu)	どういう (dō iu)
Place	ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あそこ (asoko)*	どこ (doko)
	こっから (kokkara)	そっから (sokkara)	—	どっから (dokkara)
Direction / Human	こちら (kochira)	そちら (sochira)	あちら (achira)	どちら (dochira)
	こなた (konata)	そなた (sonata)	あなた (anata)	どなた (donata)
Direction	こっち (kotchi)	そっち (sotchi)	あっち (atchi)	どっち (dotchi)
Human	こいつ (koitsu)†	そいつ (soitsu)†	あいつ (aitsu)†	どいつ (doitsu)†
Manner	こう (kō)	そう (sō)	ああ (ā)**	どう (dō)
Degree	これくらい (kore kurai)	それくらい (sore kurai)	あれくらい (are kurai)	どれくらい (dore kurai)
	これだけ (kore dake)	それだけ (sore dake)	あれだけ (are dake)	どれだけ (dore dake)
	これほど (kore hodo)	それほど (sore hodo)	あれほど (are hodo)	どれほど (dore hodo)

* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
† potentially rude or derogatory

The kanji 此(こ) (ko), 其(そ) (so), 彼(あ) (a), and 何(ど) (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
何	方
ど Grade: 2	なた Grade: 2
irregular

Pronoun

何(ど)方(なた) • (donata) 

1. (honorific) who?
   • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:

     あの方(かた)は何(ど)方(なた)様(さま)ですか

     anokata wa donata-sama desu ka

     Who is that gentleman

Usage notes

The hiragana spelling (どなた) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何方).

Synonyms

• 誰(だれ) (dare) (plain)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
何	方
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
irregular

/iduti/ → /izuti/. Compound of interrogative pronoun いづ (izu) and directional suffix ち (chi).

Pronoun

何方(いずち) • (izuchi) ^{←いづち (iduti)?}

1. indefinite interrogative directional pronoun; which direction, where
   • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:

     「「龍の頚の玉取りえずは、歸り來な」とのたまへば、いづちもいづちも、足の向きたらん方へいなむ。かゝるすき事をしたまふこと」と、そしりあへり。

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	a-/wa- “I, we” (first person)	na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person)	k- “this” (close to speaker)	s- “that” (close to listener)	a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both)	i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative)	ono- “oneself” (reflexive)
Person	あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro)	な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono) おのれ (onore)
Thing			こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
何	方
いず Grade: 2	かた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いずかた [ìzúꜜkàtà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) いずかた [ìzúkátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [izɨka̠ta̠]

Pronoun

何(いず)方(かた) • (izukata) ^{←いづかた (idukata)?}

1. which direction
2. who

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	a-/wa- “I, we” (first person)	na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person)	k- “this” (close to speaker)	s- “that” (close to listener)	a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both)	i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative)	ono- “oneself” (reflexive)
Person	あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro)	な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono) おのれ (onore)
Thing			こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

References

• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi with Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957), Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN