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早 zăo (Adv/SV) early

金 jin (N) metal, bronze, gold

石 shí (N) stone, a rock

壽 shòu (SV) to be long lived; (N) longevity

考 kăo (SV) to be long lived; (N) one’s late father [N.B. These senses are
entirely distinct from the verbal meaning of kăo: “to search into”]

奄 yăn (Adv) suddenly

奄忽 yănhu: (Binomial adverb) suddenly

隨 súi (V) to follow after

化 hùa (V) to transform, to be transformed; (N) transformation

榮 róng (N) glory; (SV) glorious

名 míng* (N) reputation, fame

榮名 róngmíng: 1) (R + R) glory and fame, wealth and high social
standing; 2) (Adj-Noun) glorious fame, one’s good name

寶 băo (N) a treasure

7.6 The particle hé 何 as an adverbial intensifier

There are times when 何 does not function as a question word. In these cases, although it
is often appropriate to translate 何 as “how,” the sense of “how” is not interrogative but
exclamatory. For example:

四顧何茫茫 “How barren everywhere!”

Here 何 precedes an SV, which is the most common mode in which this usage occurs.
Frequently, if the subject is understood, 何 in this sense may be followed by 其, which
resumes the subject:
何其茫茫 “How barren it is!”