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为什么
wèi shén me
why
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What does 为什么 mean?
为什么 (pinyin: wèi shén me) means why. It belongs to the official HSK 3 vocabulary (intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 为什么
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 为 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 什 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 么
The characters of 为什么
| 为 | wéi | for (HSK 2) |
| 什 | shén | component character |
| 么 | me | component character |
Related HSK 3 words
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand, to know |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear |
| 关系 | guān xi | relationship |
| 先 | xiān | first, before |
| 拿 | ná | to take, to hold |
| 放 | fàng | to put, to place |
| 担心 | dān xīn | to worry |
| 条 | tiáo | classifier for long, thin things |
Full HSK 3 list · Translate a sentence with 为什么
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