{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "hwət", "wət" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/what.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/what.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/what.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Determiner", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.\nWhat colour are you going to use?\nWhat time is it?\nWhat kind of car is that?" }, { "mean": "(relative) Which; the ... that.\nI know what colour I am going to use.\nThat depends on what answer is received." }, { "mean": "(relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.\nHe seems to have lost what sense he had.\nWhat money I earn is soon spent." }, { "mean": "Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.\nThis shows what beauty there is in nature.\nYou know what nonsense she talks.\nI found out what a liar he is.", "submean": [ "Used to form exclamations.\nSynonym: such\nWhat nonsense!\nWow! What a speech.\nWhat some lovely weather we've been having!\nWhat beautiful children you have.\nWith what passion she sings!\nLittle Red Riding Hood, traditional folk tale\n“Oh Granny, what big eyes you have,” said Little Red Riding Hood." ] } ] }, { "name": "Pronoun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.\nWhat is your name?\nAsk them what they want.\n2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)\nThe gym is across from … what? — The gym is across from the lounge. — Across from the lounge. Right. Thanks!\nAudio (US)(file)" }, { "mean": "(fused relative) That which; those that; the thing(s) that.\nHe knows what he wants.\nWhat is amazing is his boundless energy.\nAnd, what's even worse, I have to work on Sunday too." }, { "mean": "(fused relative) Anything that; all that; whatever.\nI will do what I can to help you.\nWhat is mine is yours." }, { "mean": "(relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.\n'Ere! There's that bloke what I saw earlier!\n1902, J. M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton:\nThat’s her; that’s the thing what has stole his heart from me.\n2017, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2:\nFor, it is a name what strikes fear in the heart of anyone what hears it." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(interrogative) In what way; to what extent.\nWhat does it matter?\nWhat do you care?" }, { "mean": "Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions.\n1787, Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Letters on the Study and Use of History: A Letter to Sir William Windham, page 83 \nIn short; what by the indiscretion of people here, what by the rebound which came often back from London, what by the private interests and ambitious views of persons in the French court, and what by other causes unnecessary to be examined now, the most private transactions came to light \n1815, Rev. Mr. Milne, letter reprinted in The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 23, page 82. \nThe Chinese of all ranks, and in every place, received my books gladly, and listened with patience to what I had to say about the true God.—So that what from opportunities of attending to the object of my Mission among the Chinese—what from seasons of religious instruction to Dutch and English—what from intercourse with gentlemen of education and knowledge of the world—what from occasions of stating clearly the object of Missions, and of endeavouring to remove prejudices against them—and what from the view of a highly cultivated country, happy under an enlightened and liberal government, I have much reason to be satisfied with this journey" } ] }, { "name": "Interjection", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "An expression of surprise or disbelief.\nc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):What, have his daughters brought him to this pass?\nWhat! That’s amazing!" }, { "mean": "What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.\nWhat? I'm busy." }, { "mean": "(Britain, colloquial, dated) Clipping of what do you say? Used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically.\n1918, Denis Garstin, The Shilling Soldiers‎, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 83:“That’s riled them,” said my compaion. “Good work, what?”\n1991 May 12, \"Kidnapped!\" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:\nChuffy: WHAT? No, no, no, no, no. My casa is your casa, what?\nIt’s a nice day, what?" }, { "mean": "What did you say? I beg your pardon?\n— Could I have some of those aarrrrrr mmmm ...— What?" }, { "mean": "Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.\nI must have been, what, about five years old." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete, uncountable) Something; thing; stuff.\n1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne" }, { "mean": "(countable) The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.\n2005, Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research (page 493)\nThe emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount." }, { "mean": "(countable) Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.\n2012, \"We Are Both\", season 2, episode 2 of Once Upon a Time\nRegina: What are you?\nRumplestiltskin: What? What? What? My, my, what a rude question! I am not a what." } ] }, { "name": "Particle", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(Manglish, Singlish) Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener.\n— Too bad there isn't a library nearby.— The National Library is a five-minute walk from here what.\n1978, L. C. Cheong, Youth in the Army, page 142:Most things come from Europe what.\n2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore, Usenet: they can't be the same what?" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "결정자", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] } ] }, { "name": "대명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "인터젝션", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "입자", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }