为什么

為什麼

wèishénme

pronoun HSK 2 #86

Meanings

1 why

Characters

for; because of

Literally 'for what' — i.e., 'why'.

Examples

你为什么学中文？

Nǐ wèishénme xué Zhōngwén?

Why are you studying Chinese?

为什么他没来？

Wèishénme tā méi lái?

Why didn't he come?

我不知道为什么。

Wǒ bù zhīdào wèishénme.

I don't know why.

Tips

grammar

为什么 can go before the subject or after it: 为什么你去？ or 你为什么去？ Both are correct.

Stroke Order

为 wéi

什 shén

么 me