为什么 - Mandarin word #71

为什么

wèishénme

Traditional: 為什麼

HSK 1

#71 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

why, for what reason

Stroke order

为

什

么

？

Why did you not come?

空kōng蓝lán色sè？

Why is the sky blue?

。

I do not know why he is so angry.

Why has he not arrived yet?

Can you tell me why?

哪

which, where

如果

if, in case

什么

what

所以

therefore, so, as a result

怎么

how; why (in rhetorical questions)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 2.