Usage of the character 何

surname He

hé

何

[何]

what
how
why
which
carry

héxǔ

何许

[何許]

(literary) what place
what time
how

Xiāo Hé

萧何

[蕭何]

Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭／楚汉战争 ( Chǔ Hàn Zhànzhēng)

rúhé

如何

[如何]

how
what way
what

hécháng

何尝

[何嘗]

(rhetorical question) when?
how?
it's not that...

héfāng

何方

[何方]

where?

hécéng

何曾

[何曾]

did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)

héděng

何等

[何等]

what kind?
how, what
somewhat

hégù

何故

[何故]

what for?
what's the reason?

yuánhé

缘何

[緣何]

why?
for what reason?

wúhé

无何

[無何]

nothing else
soon
before long

let alone
to say nothing of
besides
what's more

héfáng

何妨

[何妨]

what harm is there in (doing sth)

héyǐ

何以

[何以]

(literary) why
how

héwèi

何为

[何為]

(old) why

héqí

何其

[何其]

(literary) (similar to 多麼／多么 (duōme), used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)

héchì

何啻

[何啻]

(literary) far more than
not limited to

héxū

何须

[何須]

there is no need
why should

jǐhé

几何

[幾何]

geometry
(literary) how much

hébì

何必

[何必]

there is no need
why should

rènhé

任何

[任何]

any; whatever; whichever

hégān

何干

[何干]

what business?

hézhǐ

何止

[何止]

far more than
not just

hékǔ

何苦

[何苦]

why bother?
is it worth the trouble?

hérú

何如

[何如]

how about
what kind of

hébù

何不

[何不]

why not?
why not do (sth)?

héwéi

何为

[何為]

what is
(old) what for
(in a rhetorical question) it's no use

hérì

何日

[何日]

when?

hésuǒ

何所

[何所]

where
what place

hézài

何在

[何在]

where?
what place?

cónghé

从何

[從何]

whence?
where from?

héwèi

何谓

[何謂]

(literary) what is?
what is the meaning of?

héshí

何时

[何時]

when

nàihé

奈何

[奈何]

to do something to sb
to deal with
to cope
how?
to no avail

whence
where

héxǔrén

何许人

[何許人]

(literary) what kind of person

jǐhéliàng

几何量

[幾何量]

geometric quantity

Hé Yìngqīn

何应钦

[何應欽]

He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general

héshǒuwū

何首乌

[何首烏]

Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)
fleeceflower root

Hé Hòuhuá

何厚铧

[何厚鏵]

He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009

jǐhéxué

几何学

[幾何學]

geometry

xiànghéchù

向何处

[向何處]

whither

mònàihé

没奈何

[沒奈何]

to have no alternative; to be helpless

yìxiàrúhé

意下如何

[意下如何]

how about it?
what do you think?

wēifēnjǐhé

微分几何

[微分幾何]

differential geometry

qiúmiànjǐhé

球面几何

[球面幾何]

spherical geometry

nèizàijǐhé

内在几何

[內在幾何]

intrinsic geometry

jǐhéjíshù

几何级数

[幾何級數]

geometric series

tóuyǐngjǐhé

投影几何

[投影幾何]

projective geometry
same as 射影幾何／射影几何

hélèbùwéi

何乐不为

[何樂不為]

see 何樂而不為／何乐而不为 (héléérbuwéi)

Hélǔxiǎofū

何鲁晓夫

[何魯曉夫]

Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964
also written 赫魯曉夫／赫鲁晓夫

jǐhétuòpū

几何拓扑

[幾何拓撲]

(math.) geometric topology

jǐhéguāngxué

几何光学

[幾何光學]

geometric optics

tánhéróngyì

谈何容易

[談何容易]

easier said than done (idiom)

Oūshìjǐhé

欧式几何

[歐式幾何]

Euclidean geometry

mòkěnàihé

莫可奈何

[莫可奈何]

see 無可奈何／无可奈何 (wúkěnàihé)

héjìyúshì

何济于事

[何濟於事]

of what use is it
(idiom)

jūxīnhézài

居心何在

[居心何在]

What's (he) up to?
What's the motive behind all this?

jǐhétúxíng

几何图形

[幾何圖形]

geometric figure

wúlùnhéshì

无论何事

[無論何事]

anything
whatever

fēnxíngjǐhé

分形几何

[分形幾何]

fractal geometry

céngjǐhéshí

曾几何时

[曾幾何時]

just a while before
not so long ago
everyone can remember when..

Límànjǐhé

黎曼几何

[黎曼幾何]

(math.) Riemannian geometry

wúlùnhéshí

无论何时

[無論何時]

whenever

héchūcǐyán

何出此言

[何出此言]

where do these words stem from?
why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?

wúlùnhéchù

无论何处

[無論何處]

anywhere
wherever

píngmiànjǐhé

平面几何

[平面幾何]

plane geometry

Héxī'āshū

何西阿书

[何西阿書]

Book of Hosea

Luóshìjǐhé

罗氏几何

[羅氏幾何]

hyperbolic geometry
Lobachevskian geometry

Jǐhé Yuánběn

几何原本

[幾何原本]

Euclid's Elements

wúkěnàihé

无可奈何

[無可奈何]

have no way out
have no alternative
abbr. to 無奈／无奈 (wúnài)

lìtǐjǐhé

立体几何

[立體幾何]

solid geometry

wúlùnhérén

无论何人

[無論何人]

whoever

wúlùnrúhé

无论如何

[無論如何]

whatever the case
in any event
no matter what
by all possible means

jiěxījǐhé

解析几何

[解析幾何]

analytic geometry
coordinate geometry

bùzhīhégù

不知何故

[不知何故]

somehow

héqùhécóng

何去何从

[何去何從]

what course to follow
what path to take

héyǐjiàndé

何以见得

[何以見得]

how can one be sure?

shèyǐngjǐhé

射影几何

[射影幾何]

projective geometry

chénghétǐtǒng

成何体统

[成何體統]

What a scandal!
Whatever next?

shuāngqūjǐhé

双曲几何

[雙曲幾何]

hyperbolic geometry

qínghéyǐkān

情何以堪

[情何以堪]

how can this be endured! (idiom)

dàishùjǐhé

代数几何

[代數幾何]

algebraic geometry

Luóshìjǐhé

罗式几何

[羅式幾何]

hyperbolic geometry
Lobachevskian geometry

huàfǎjǐhé

画法几何

[畫法幾何]

descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)

yǒuhéguìgàn

有何贵干

[有何貴幹]

What (noble errand) brings you here?
May I help you?
What can I do for you?

fēi'ōujǐhé

非欧几何

[非歐幾何]

non-Euclidean geometry

Límànjǐhéxué

黎曼几何学

[黎曼幾何學]

Riemannian geometry

fēi'ōujǐhéxué

非欧几何学

[非歐幾何學]

non-Euclidean geometry

nèizàijǐhéxué

内在几何学

[內在幾何學]

intrinsic geometry

jǐhépíngjūnshù

几何平均数

[幾何平均數]

geometric mean

shèyǐngjǐhéxué

射影几何学

[射影幾何學]

projective geometry

dàishùjǐhéxué

代数几何学

[代數幾何學]

algebraic geometry

Ekèlāhémǎ

俄克拉何马

[俄克拉何馬]

Oklahoma, US state

fēnxíngjǐhéxué

分形几何学

[分形幾何學]

fractal geometry

wēifēnjǐhéxué

微分几何学

[微分幾何學]

differential geometry

hélè'érbùwéi

何乐而不为

[何樂而不為]

What can you have against it? (idiom)
We should do this.
Go for it!

tóuyǐngjǐhéxué

投影几何学

[投影幾何學]

projective geometry
same as 射影幾何學／射影几何学

Oūshìjǐhéxué

欧氏几何学

[歐氏幾何學]

Euclidean geometry

hébùshíròumí

何不食肉糜

[何不食肉糜]

lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝／晋惠帝 ( Jìn Huìdì) when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat)
fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight

jiěxījǐhéxué

解析几何学

[解析幾何學]

analytic geometry
coordinate geometry

Oūshìjǐhéxué

欧式几何学

[歐式幾何學]

Euclidean geometry

jǐhétuòpūxué

几何拓扑学

[幾何拓撲學]

(math.) geometric topology

jǐhéjíshùzēngzhǎng

几何级数增长

[幾何級數增長]

exponential increase

Ekèlāhémǎchéng

俄克拉何马城

[俄克拉何馬城]

Oklahoma City

Ekèlāhémǎzhōu

俄克拉何马州

[俄克拉何馬州]

Oklahoma, US state

yuānyuānxiāngbàohéshíliǎo

冤冤相报何时了

[冤冤相報何時了]

if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)

tiānyáhéchùwúfāngcǎo

天涯何处无芳草

[天涯何處無芳草]

there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)

rénshēnghéchùbùxiāngféng

人生何处不相逢

[人生何處不相逢]

it's a small world (idiom)

jìyǒujīnrìhébìdāngchū

既有今日何必当初

[既有今日何必當初]

see 早知今日何必當初／早知今日何必当初 (zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū)

zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū

早知今日何必当初

[早知今日何必當初]

if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
to regret vainly one's past behavior

chéngyě Xiāo Hé,bàiyě Xiāo Hé

成也萧何，败也萧何

[成也蕭何，敗也蕭何]

lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信／韩信 ( Hán Xìn) being made Grand General 大將軍／大将军 (dàjiāngjūn)
fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

yùjiāzhīzuì,héhuànwúcí

欲加之罪，何患无辞

[欲加之罪，何患無辭]

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳／左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

méiyǒuguīju,héyǐchéngfāngyuán

没有规矩，何以成方圆

[沒有規矩，何以成方圓]

without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

yībù'èrshísìshǐ,bùzhīcónghéshuōqǐ

一部二十四史，不知从何说起

[一部二十四史，不知從何說起]

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.