何而来

何而來

héérlái

phrase #19,000

Meanings

1 where does it come from
2 from what (does something originate)

Characters

what; where (literary)

and; thus (connecting particle)

Examples

HSK 7-9

你的自信从何而来？

Nǐ de zìxìn cóng hé érlái?

Where does your confidence come from?

HSK 7-9

幸福从何而来？

Xìngfú cóng hé érlái?

Where does happiness come from?

Tips

grammar

何而来 is typically preceded by 从 (from) to form 从何而来 (from where does it come). 何 is the classical/literary equivalent of 哪里 (where). This pattern is formal and rhetorical.

Stroke Order

何 hé

而 ér

来 lái