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為什麼
為什麼
Chinese
| because of, for | what | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (為什麼/為甚麼) | 為 | 什麼/甚麼 | |
| simp. (为什么) | 为 | 什么 | |
Adverb
為什麼
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 為何、何以、何 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 為何、為什麼 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 為什麼 |
| Taiwan | 為什麼 | |
| Tianjin | 為嘛 | |
| Harbin | 為啥 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點解、做乜、做乜嘢、做咩、為乜 |
| Hong Kong | 點解、做乜、做乜嘢、做咩、為乜、做乜事幹、因乜事幹、因乜解究 | |
| Taishan | 幾解、做乜、為乜、乜頭路 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做麼个 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 做麼个 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 做麼个 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 做麼个 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 做麼个 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 做麼个 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 為甚物、按怎、物代 |
| Xiamen | 為甚物、按怎、物代 | |
| Zhangzhou | 為甚物、按怎 | |
| Taipei | 為啥物、是按怎 | |
| Malaysia | 啥物事 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥體、為啥、啥講究、啥個講究、啥個路道、啥個緣故 |
| Wenzhou | 妝乜、為乜事幹 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai6 sam6 mo1
- Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ui5 sim6 moh4 / ui5 sim6 mo7
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshenr.mhe
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ mə³/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai6 sam6 mo1
- Yale: waih sahm mō
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 sam6 mo1
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² sɐm²² mɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ui5 sim6 moh4 / ui5 sim6 mo7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi sĭm moh / ûi sĭm mō
- IPA (key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³⁵⁻¹¹ moʔ²/, /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³⁵⁻¹¹ mo¹¹/
- (Teochew)