HSK 2 · Questions & ways

为什么

wèi shén me

why

Stroke order of 为什么

3 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

为 · 4 strokes什 · 4 strokes么 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

For '为' what '什么'? A person '亻' with ten '十' questions asks why.

Parts: 为 for + 什 what (亻 person + 十 ten) + 么 suffix (丿 + 厶)

The characters in 为什么

为 wèi — for; for the sake of (4 strokes)

Example sentence

你为什么不去？

Why aren't you going?

Words with 为

认为to think; to believe 以为to think (wrongly)因为because 为for; for the sake of 成为to become 行为behaviour 为了in order to; for 变为to become; to turn into 称为to be called

Words with 什

没什么it's nothing; never mind 什么what 干什么what to do; why 什么样what kind of

Words with 么

没什么it's nothing; never mind 什么what 怎么how; why 干什么what to do; why 怎么办what to do 怎么样how; how about 什么样what kind of 这么so; like this 那么so; like that 多么how (very)

More words: Questions & ways

问题question; problem 怎么办what to do 怎么样how; how about 怎样how 什么样what kind of 这么so; like this 那么so; like that 这样like this 那样like that 多么how (very)办法way; method 方法method 做法way of doing 道理reason; sense

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