何

surname He

what / how / why / which / carry

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

used in 可汗[ke4 han2]

any / whatever / whichever / whatsoever

why

why not? / why not do (sth)?

algebraic geometry

algebraic geometry

it's a small world (idiom)

somehow

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

lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] 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

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

(old) why

whence? / where from?