<p>Not only in Sichuan. Some Anhui dialects use it too. Probably contracted from 何麽. 哪麽 contracted to be LANG in Chongqing.</p>

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2020-05-15T03:02:30.613Z
2020-05-15T03:02:30.613Z
Griffith
<p>轰 can be found in some dialects, often with a 个 found on the end, to mean <em>what</em>.</p>

<p>This is most definitely a contraction. (Similar dialects also feature a contraction of 哪 and 样 as 孃 niang, also meaning <em>what</em>.)</p>

<p>What could 轰 be a contraction of?</p>

<p>My best guess at the moment is that it is a contraction of something like 何 + 用, but that's a stab in the dark at best.</p>

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<p>To answer @dan's questions in the comments:</p>

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  <p>What dialects use it?</p>
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<p>I believe it is, perhaps too specifically, part of 仁富小片.</p>

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  <p>Do you have a specific example?</p>
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<p><a href="http://scnews.newssc.org/system/20140317/000178520.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">newssc [dot] org</a></p>

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  <p>“我跟你们说嘛，轰个叫做乡愁……”</p>
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2019-02-21T06:35:20.000Z
haven't heard it before. what dialects use it? Do you have a specific example?
dan
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@dan I edited my post with answers to your questions.
Mou某
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What could 轰 be a contraction of to mean "what"?
# What could 轰 be a contraction of to mean "what"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-21)

轰 can be found in some dialects, often with a 个 found on the end, to mean *what*.

This is most definitely a contraction. (Similar dialects also feature a contraction of 哪 and 样 as 孃 niang, also meaning *what*.)

What could 轰 be a contraction of?

My best guess at the moment is that it is a contraction of something like 何 + 用, but that's a stab in the dark at best.

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To answer @username_1's questions in the comments:

> What dialects use it?

I believe it is, perhaps too specifically, part of 仁富小片.

> Do you have a specific example?

[newssc [dot] org](http://scnews.newssc.org/system/20140317/000178520.html)

> “我跟你们说嘛，轰个叫做乡愁……”

**Tags:** pronunciation, topolect

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: haven't heard it before. what dialects use it? Do you have a specific example?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I edited my post with answers to your questions.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-15. Score: 1

Not only in Sichuan. Some Anhui dialects use it too. Probably contracted from 何麽. 哪麽 contracted to be LANG in Chongqing.


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