为什么 (為什麼)
wèi shén me
Pinyin

Definition

为什么 (為什麼)
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wèi shén me
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

什么
shén me
  1. 1 what?
  2. 2 something
  3. 3 anything
为什么
wèi shén me
  1. 1 why?
  2. 2 for what reason?
什么样
shén me yàng
  1. 1 what kind?
  2. 2 what sort?
  3. 3 what appearance?
干什么
gàn shén me
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's he up to?
没什么
méi shén me
  1. 1 nothing
  2. 2 it doesn't matter
  3. 3 it's nothing
  4. 4 never mind

Idioms (2)

什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我想了很久:你为什么要这么生气，我什么都没做啊!
wǒ xiǎng le hěn jiǔ : nǐ wèishénme yào zhème shēngqì ，wǒ shénme dōu méi zuò a !
I thought about this for a long time. "Why would you be mad at me? I didn't do anything!"
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秦宇一头雾水，不懂她在说什么，问她：”为什么是最后一次见面？”
QínYǔ yītóuwùshuǐ ，bù dǒng tā zài shuō shénme ，wèn tā ：”wèishénme shì zuìhòu yīcì jiànmiàn ？”
QinYu was confused. He couldn't understand what she was saying. He then asked, "Why is it the last time?"
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虽然我和李丽是好朋友，但我真的不理解她为什么要这样做。
suīrán wǒ hé Lǐlì shì hǎopéngyou ，dàn wǒ zhēnde bù lǐjiě tā wèishénme yào zhèyàng zuò 。
Although Li Li and I are good friends, I really don't understand why she is doing this.
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后来秦宇再过了两周没见到女孩儿的日子，开始想念她了。”她为什么不再光顾这间咖啡店了？是搬家了？移民了？还是交男朋友了？不会是出意外了吧？”
hòulái qínyǔ zài guò le liǎng Zhōu méi jiàndào nǚháiēr de rìzi ，kāishǐ xiǎngniàn tā le 。”tā wèishénme bùzài guānggù zhè jiān kāfēidiàn le ？shì bānjiā le ？yímín le ？háishi jiāo nánpéngyou le ？bùhuì shì chū yìwài le ba ？”
QinYu started to miss her after two weeks without seeing the girl. "Why did she stop coming to this coffee shop? Has she moved? Immigrated? Or got a boyfriend? Or even worse, had an accident?"
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为什么？
wèishénme ？
Why?
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中国为什么能？
Zhōngguó wèishénme néng ？
Why can China do it?
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为什么？
wèishénme ？
Why?
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为什么不吃？
wèishénme bù chī ？
Why not?
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你为什么还没还我钱？
nǐ wèishénme hái méi huán wǒ qián ？
Why haven’t you given back my money?
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你为什么会想来中国教中文呢？
nǐ wèishénme huì xiǎng lái Zhōngguó jiāo Zhōngwén ne ？
Why do you want to come to China to teach Chinese?
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