Free Chinese & Japanese Online Dictionary

If you enter English words, search is Boolean mode:
Enter fall to get just entries with fall in them.
Enter fall* to get results including "falling" and "fallen".
Enter +fall -season -autumn to make sure fall is included, but not entries with autumn or season.

Key:

Mandarin Chinese information.
Old Wade-Giles romanization used only in Taiwan.
Japanese information.
Buddhist definition. Note: May not apply to all sects.
 Definition may be different outside of Buddhism.

There are 23 total results for your 何だ search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

何だ

see styles
 nanda; naanda; naanda / nanda; nanda; nanda
    なんだ; なーんだ; なあんだ
(interjection) (1) (kana only) what!; oh; (interjection) (2) (なんだ only) (kana only) what the heck; what the; damn

何だか

see styles
 nandaka
    なんだか
(adverb) (kana only) (a) little; somewhat; somehow

何だと

see styles
 nandato
    なんだと
(exp,int) what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

何たる

see styles
 nantaru
    なんたる
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (expression of surprise, anger) what (e.g. "what rudeness"); (expression) (2) (usu. as 〜の何たるか) what (something) is like

何だい

see styles
 nandai
    なんだい
(expression) (colloquialism) what is it?; what's going on?; what is that?

何だかだ

see styles
 nandakada
    なんだかだ
(adverb) (kana only) something or other; one thing or another; this or that

何だっけ

see styles
 nandakke
    なんだっけ
(expression) (kana only) what is it?

何たって

see styles
 nandatte
    なんだって
(interjection) (1) (kana only) what?!; what did you say?!; (adverb) (2) why?; what for?; for what reason?; (adverb) (3) (See 何でも・1) anyone; anything

何だ彼だ

see styles
 nandakanda
    なんだかんだ
    nandakada
    なんだかだ
(adverb) (kana only) something or other; one thing or another; this or that

何だかんだ

see styles
 nandakanda
    なんだかんだ
(adverb) (kana only) something or other; one thing or another; this or that

何だこりゃ

see styles
 nandakorya
    なんだこりゃ
(expression) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See 何だこれは・なんだこれは) what on Earth is this?

何だこれは

see styles
 nandakoreha
    なんだこれは
(expression) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See 何だこりゃ・なんだこりゃ) what on Earth is this?

何だったら

see styles
 nandattara
    なんだったら
(expression) (See 何なら・1) if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

だから何だ

see styles
 dakarananda
    だからなんだ
(expression) so what!; who gives a damn?

何が何だか

see styles
 naniganandaka
    なにがなんだか
(expression) (usu. as ~わからない) what's what; heads or tails

何だっていい

see styles
 nandatteii / nandatte
    なんだっていい
(expression) (colloquialism) (it doesn't matter what) anything is OK

何だって良い

see styles
 nandatteii / nandatte
    なんだっていい
(expression) (colloquialism) (it doesn't matter what) anything is OK

でなくて何だろう

see styles
 denakutenandarou / denakutenandaro
    でなくてなんだろう
(expression) (kana only) (following a noun or adjective) if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...; (it) must be ...; (it) is definitely ...

何が何だか分からない

see styles
 naniganandakawakaranai
    なにがなんだかわからない
(expression) don't know what's what

Variations:
何だっていい
何だって良い

 nandatteii / nandatte
    なんだっていい
(expression) (colloquialism) (See 何でもいい) it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

Variations:
何だかんだ
何だかだ
何だ彼だ

 nandakanda(何dakanda, 何da彼da)(p); nandakada(何dakada, 何da彼da)
    なんだかんだ(何だかんだ, 何だ彼だ)(P); なんだかだ(何だかだ, 何だ彼だ)
(adverb) (kana only) something or other; one thing or another; this or that

Variations:
なんだかんだ言っても
何だかんだ言っても
何だかんだいっても

 nandakandaittemo
    なんだかんだいっても
(expression) (See 何だかんだ) no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said

Variations:
何が何だかわからない
何が何だか分からない

 naniganandakawakaranai
    なにがなんだかわからない
(expression) not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
This page contains 23 results for "何だ" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary