为何
wèi hé
Pinyin

Definition

为何
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wèi hé
  1. why

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

任何
rèn hé
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 whatever
  3. 3 whichever
  4. 4 whatsoever
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
何
Hé
  1. 1 surname He
何以
hé yǐ
  1. 1 (literary) why
  2. 2 how
何尝
hé cháng
  1. 1 (rhetorical question) when?
  2. 2 how?
  3. 3 it's not that...
何必
hé bì
  1. 1 there is no need
  2. 2 why should
何方
hé fāng
  1. 1 where?
何时
hé shí
  1. 1 when
何止
hé zhǐ
  1. 1 far more than
  2. 2 not just
何况
hé kuàng
  1. 1 let alone
  2. 2 to say nothing of
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 what's more
何等
hé děng
  1. 1 what kind?
  2. 2 how, what
  3. 3 somewhat
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
何处
hé chù
  1. 1 whence
  2. 2 where
奈何
nài hé
  1. 1 to do something to sb
  2. 2 to deal with
  3. 3 to cope
  4. 4 how?
  5. 5 to no avail
为何
wèi hé
  1. 1 why
无可奈何
wú kě nài hé
  1. 1 have no way out
  2. 2 have no alternative
  3. 3 abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wú nài]
何人
hé rén
  1. 1 who
何以见得
hé yǐ jiàn dé
  1. 1 how can one be sure?
何去何从
hé qù hé cóng
  1. 1 what course to follow
  2. 2 what path to take
何在
hé zài
  1. 1 where?
  2. 2 what place?

Idioms (11)

人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
何乐而不为
hé lè ér bù wéi
  1. 1 What can you have against it? (idiom)
  2. 2 We should do this.
  3. 3 Go for it!
何济于事
hé jì yú shì
  1. 1 of what use is it
  2. 2 (idiom)
天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
  1. 1 there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
情何以堪
qíng hé yǐ kān
  1. 1 how can this be endured! (idiom)
成也萧何，败也萧何
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
  1. 1 lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
  2. 2 fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
有宝何必人前夸
yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā
  1. 1 There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
欲加之罪，何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
  1. 1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. 2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
没有规矩，何以成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
谈何容易
tán hé róng yì
  1. 1 easier said than done (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们都知道常年冰天雪地的地方少之又少，由此​可见白色的动物为何如此罕见了。
wǒmen dōu zhīdào chángnián bīngtiānxuědì de dìfang shǎozhīyòushǎo ，yóu cǐ kě jiàn báisè de dòngwù wèihé rúcǐ hǎnjiàn le 。
We all know that there are only a few places in the world that are covered in snow so that’s why it is quite rare to see animals that are white.
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那，根据您老的个人观点，二十世纪最伟大的科学家是哪位来着，原因为何？
nà ，gēnjù nínlǎo de gèrén guāndiǎn ，èrshí shìjì zuìwěidà de kēxuéjiā shì nǎ wèi láizhe ，yuányīn wéihé ？
So, from your experienced perspective, who is the greatest scientist of the 20th century and why?
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哦？果真如此？他们很美吗？很帅吗？很有魅力吗？为何会得到如此之多的关注？
ò ？guǒ zhēn rúcǐ ？tāmen hěn měi ma ？hěn shuài ma ？hěn yǒumèilì ma ？wèihé huì dédào rúcǐ zhī duō de guānzhù ？
Huh? So that's really the case? Are they very fair? Very handsome? Very charming? Why are they receiving this much attention?
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现制茶饮为何成“网红”
xiàn zhì chá yǐn wèihé chéng “wǎnghóng ”
Why has freshly made tea become “internet celebrity”
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世界之大为何我们相遇，
shìjiè zhī dà wèihé wǒmen xiāngyù ，
In such a big world what was it that brought us together
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哦我已等待了千年为何城门还不开
ò wǒ yǐ děngdài le qiān nián wèihé chéng mén hái bù kāi
Oh, I've already waited 1,000 years. Why won't that gate open?
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哦我已等待了千年为何良人不回来
ò wǒ yǐ děngdài le qiān nián wèihé liángrén bù huílai
Oh, I've already waited 1,000 years. Why won't my husband return?
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