为什么

为什么 wèishěnme in a sentence

Why (for what reason)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 3 sentences

为什么 (wèishěnme) means Why (for what reason). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

为什么 不来?

Nǐ wèishénme bù lái?

Why aren't you coming?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 为什么

你知道他 为什么 没来吗?

Nǐ zhīdào tā wèishénme méi lái ma?

Do you know why he didn't come?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 为什么

为什么 总是迟到?

Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì chídào?

Why are you always late?

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 总是

Questions about 为什么

How is 为什么 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 为什么 (wèishěnme, "Why (for what reason)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 为什么 an HSK word?

Yes — 为什么 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

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The dictionary page for 为什么 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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