为什么
wèishénme
why
Part of speech · pronoun (question)
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 你为什么不来?Why are you not coming?
- 为什么这么贵?Why so expensive?
Collocations
为什么不为什么呢不知道为什么
Mnemonic
为 wèi "for the sake of" + 什么 "what" = "for what (reason)" → why. The standard answer pair: 因为 yīnwèi "because" → 所以 suǒyǐ "so".
Quick check
Common answer-starter for 为什么?