为什么 wèishénme▶ why

Traditional

為什麼

Stroke order

为什么 is written in 11 strokes across 3 characters.

• 为 — 4 strokes
• 什 — 4 strokes
• 么 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. why?
2. for what reason?

Characters in 为什么

• 为 wèi — because of; for; to
• 什 shén — what
• 么 me

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

• 为什么您在这儿？Wèishénme nín zài zhèr?Why are you here?
• 它为什么不吃米饭？Tā wèishénme bù chī mǐfàn?Why doesn’t it eat rice?
• 你为什么在这里？Nǐ wèishénme zài zhèlǐ?Why are you here?
• 他为什么不来？Tā wèishénme bù lái?Why does he not come?

Related words

• 因为……所以……because…so…
• 为for
• 为了in order to
• 什么what, why
• 多么such
• 怎么how

为什么 is pronounced wèishénme and means “why”.

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