為什麼

See also: 为什么, 為甚麼, and 爲甚麼

Chinese

		because of, for	what; something; anything what; something; anything; whatever
trad. (為什麼/為甚麼)		為	什麼/甚麼
simp. (为什么)		为	什么

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèishénme

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sam⁶ mo¹
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁵ sim⁶ moh⁴ / ui⁵ sim⁶ mo⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèishénme
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshenr.mhe
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ mə³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ sam⁶ mo¹
  - Yale: waih sahm mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sam⁶ mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ sem⁶ mo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɐm²² mɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui⁵ sim⁶ moh⁴ / ui⁵ sim⁶ mo⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi sĭm moh / ûi sĭm mō
  - IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³⁵⁻¹¹ moʔ²/, /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³⁵⁻¹¹ mo¹¹/

Adverb

為什麼

why; for what reason

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		為何、何以、何、緣何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		為何、因何、為什麼
Mandarin	Beijing	為什麼
	Taiwan	為什麼
	Tianjin	為嘛
	Harbin	為啥
	Jinan	為麼
	Muping	為麼、為麼個
	Xi'an	為啥
	Xining	為啥
	Xuzhou	為啥、擁啥、擁什麼
	Yinchuan	為啥
	Lanzhou	為啥
	Ürümqi	為啥
	Wuhan	做麼事、為麼事
	Chengdu	為啥子
	Guiyang	為哪樣、為些哪樣
	Liuzhou	為什嗎
	Yangzhou	甚們事、做事、為甚們 formal
	Nanjing	為什麼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點解、做乜、做乜嘢、為乜、為乜為物、做乜事幹、因乜事幹、因乜解究、因乜緣故、何解
	Hong Kong	點解、做乜、做乜嘢、做咩、為乜、為咩、做乜事幹、因乜事幹、因乜解究、因乜緣故、何解
	Dongguan	點解、做乜嘢、做乜、為乜嘢
	Taishan	幾解、做乜、為乜、乜頭路
Gan	Nanchang	為什哩
Gan	Pingxiang	為咋個、為咋哩、做咋個、做咋哩、何解
Hakka	Meixian	做麼個
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做麼個
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	做麼個
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	做麼個
	Dongshi (Dabu)	做麼個
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	做麼個
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	做麼個
Jin	Taiyuan	為甚、因為甚
Jin	Xinzhou	𠰻們
Min Bei	Jian'ou	做孰事
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蔣其、蔣講、做什乇、做什名、幹乜勢、快勢
Min Dong	Matsu	為什乇、蔣其、蔣講、做什乇、快勢
Min Nan	Xiamen	為甚物、按怎、物代
	Quanzhou	按怎、物代
	Zhangzhou	按怎
	Taipei	為啥物、是按怎
	Penang	啥物事
	Chaozhou	做呢
	Haikou	作乜、作個乜、作乜物、因乜、因個乜
	Leizhou	做乜、因乜
Pinghua	Nanning	做門、做哪門、為哪門
Wu	Shanghai	啥體、為啥、啥講究、啥個講究、啥個路道、啥個緣故
	Suzhou	為啥、為點啥
	Hangzhou	為啥
	Wenzhou	妝乜、為乜事幹
	Chongming	為何、做何
	Danyang	為點高、做點高
	Jinhua	為淡事幹、為待西
Xiang	Changsha	為麼子、何解
Xiang	Loudi	嗎介

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