HSK 5 · Function Words

何况 hékuàng “let alone” in Chinese

Traditional 何況

What 何况 means

  1. let alone
  2. to say nothing of
  3. besides
  4. what’s more

How to say 何况

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale何hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale况kuàng4th tone, falling

何况 in a sentence

  1. 宝宝连走都不会，更何况是跑。

    Bǎobao lián zǒu dōu bú huì, gèng hékuàng shì pǎo.

    The baby can’t even walk, let alone run.

    Sentence #602896 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 何况 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 何 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
何héwhat
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 可may · kě
The character 况 (kuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
况kuàngmoreover
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng

How to write 何况

何 7 strokes · 况 7 strokes

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何况 (hékuàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 何况 (hékuàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 何况

Words with 何

任何rènhé · any何必hébì · there is no need如何rúhé · how

Words with 况

情况qíngkuàng · circumstances状况zhuàngkuàng · condition况且kuàngqiě · moreover

More words: Function Words & Grammar

怪不得guàibude · no wonder!果然guǒrán · really哈hā · ha! (laughter)何必hébì · there is no need或许huòxǔ · perhaps忽然hūrán · suddenly基本jīběn · basic急忙jímáng · hastily

FAQs

何况 (hékuàng) means “let alone” or “to say nothing of”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hékuàng: hé with a 2nd tone, then kuàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 何况 is written 何況. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hekuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 何况 from the suggestions. Typing hekuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
何况 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.