HSK 2 vocabulary › 为什么
为什么
为什么 in English: why?; for what reason?
wèi shén me
why?; for what reason?
How to pronounce 为什么
wèi shén me (without tone marks: wei shen me). wèi is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; shén is a second (rising) tone; me is a neutral (light, short) tone.
Characters in 为什么
为 wèi
as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
什 shén
what
what
么 me
exclamatory final particle
exclamatory final particle
Related words
| 什么 | shén me | what?; something | HSK 1 |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what? | HSK 1 |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about? | HSK 1 |
| 因为……所以…… | yīnwèi…suǒyǐ… | because...; therefore... | HSK 2 |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think | HSK 3 |
| 为 | wèi | because of; for | HSK 3 |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of | HSK 3 |
| 多么 | duō me | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc) | HSK 3 |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into | HSK 4 |
| 以为 | yǐ wéi | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | HSK 4 |