Taxonomy of meanings for 如何:　　

  • WHY
    • VPadSrhetorical questionwhy (presupposed answer: for no good reason)
  • WHAT
    • NPprowhat kind of a thing? What kind of a person?
    • NPpro[PRED]what is it?CH
  • HOW
    • PPadVrhetorical questionhow? in rhetorical questions presupposing a shared negative answer
    • VPadVquestionhow; in what way, in what respect
    • VPipredicativehow about this? what is the meaning of this? How is (the subject) doing? (often after a topicalized N or S)
    • VPtoNdiscontinuous如X何how to deal with X? How to cope with X?