为 什 么

wèi shénme

“Why?” in Chinese is 为什么 (wèi shénme).

Meaning

why?
for what reason?

Example

为什么不？

Why not?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wèiHSK 24 strokesas (in the capacity of)shénHSK 14 strokeswhat meHSK 13 strokesexclamatory final particle

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