何樂不為

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (何樂不為/何樂不爲)		何	樂	不	為/爲
simp. (何乐不为)		何	乐	不	为

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hélèbùwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-lo̍k-put-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hélèbùwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hélèbùwéi
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-lê⁴-pu⁴-wei²
  - Yale: hé-lè-bù-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herlehbuwei
  - Palladius: хэлэбувэй (xɛlɛbuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴
  - Yale: hòh lohk bāt wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ lok⁹ bat⁷ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ log⁶ bed¹ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-lo̍k-put-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: hô-lo̍k-put-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoilogput'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/

Idiom

何樂不為

(rhetorical) why not do it?; what is there against it?

Synonyms

何樂而不為／何乐而不为 (hé lè ér bù wéi)

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