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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 为什么
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | - why? - for what reason? |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 86 | 515 | 252 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 什 | shén | - what |
| 什 | shí | - ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) - assorted - miscellaneous |
| 幺 | yāo | - surname Yao |
| 幺 | yāo | - youngest - most junior - tiny - one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) - one or ace on dice or dominoes - variant of 吆[yao1], to shout |
| 么 | má | - exclamatory final particle |
| 么 | ma | - interrogative final particle |
| 么 | me | - suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc |
| 么 | me | - variant of 麼|么[me5] |
Other Words Containing 为什么
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 为什么 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 515 | 252 |