Dictionary entry

Which

Pronunciation: /wɪtʃ/

Pronunciation

/wɪtʃ/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) ဘယ်။ဘာ။မည်သည့်။ (pron) သည့် (det) ဘယ်

Definition

which /wÇtʃ/ interrog det ဘယ္။ ဘာ။ မည္သည့္။ Which way is quicker — going by bus or by train? ❍ Which Mr Smith do you mean — the one who teaches history or the one who teaches music? ❍ Which languages did you study at school? ❍ Ask him which platform the Boston train leaves from. Compare what interrog det interrog pron ဘယ္။ ဘာ။ ဘယ္သူ။ မည္သည့္။ Which is your favourite subject? ❍ Which of the boys is tallest? ❍ Here are the chairs. Tell me which are worth buying. ❍ The twins are so much alike that I can't tell/ I don't know which is which (ie I cannot distinguish one from the other). rel pron သည့္။ ေသာ။ Tyson threw a punch after the bell which ended the first round. ❍ Houses which overlook the lake cost more. ❍ She banged into something solid which she immediately grabbed hold of. ❍ Read the passage to which I referred in my talk. ❍ His best film, which won several awards, was about the life of Gandhi. ❍ His new car, for which he paid £ 15,000, has already had to be repaired. ❍ ‘I don't know what I'm going to do with you,’ Maggie said, which only made us laugh even more. rel det ( rather fml ) ထို။ ၎။ ယင္း။ The postman comes at 3.30 in the morning, at which time I am usually still asleep. ❍ He may of course agree immediately, in which case all this effort will be a waste of time.

Examples

  1. Which would you like
  2. tea or coffee?
  3. Which way did they go?
  4. [which of] : Which of the secretaries did you talk to?
  5. They’re all so pretty – I don’t know which one to choose.
  6. It was either whisky or vodka – I forget which.
  7. Did he say which hotel he was staying at?
  8. I don’t know which is worse – spending Christmas alone or watching my friends get drunk.
  9. I’ve been thinking about those questions which you asked me last week.
  10. It’s a story which every child will enjoy.
  11. The air crash in which Hammarskjöld died
  12. Bogart starred in the film Casablanca
  13. which was made in 1942.
  14. A skilled workforce is essential
  15. which is why our training programme is so important.
  16. The search will not begin until dawn
  17. by which time it will probably be too late.
  18. [in which case] : Of course it may rain
  19. in which case we shall have to hold the ceremony indoors.