For what reason in Chinese
for what reason · HSK 2
为什么
- 为 for
- 什 what
- 么
Other ways to say for what reason
More words with 为 or 什 or 么
How do you say for what reason in Chinese?
For what reason in Chinese is 为什么 (wèi shén me). You can also say 为何 (wèi hé).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.