為何

為何

See also: 为何

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which
trad. (為何/爲何)		為/爲	何
simp. (为何)		为	何
anagram		何為／何为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèihé

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ ho⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ūi-hô͘ / ūi-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wèihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyher
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ ho⁴
    • Yale: waih hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ ho⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² hɔː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 渭河 為何／为何

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: uī-hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixhoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-hô
    • Tâi-lô: uī-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixhooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/

Adverb

為何

1. (literary or formal) why; for what reason

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		為何, 何以, 何, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		為何, 因何, 為什麼
Mandarin	Beijing	為什麼
	Taiwan	為什麼
	Tianjin	為嘛
	Harbin	為啥
	Jinan	為麼
	Muping	為麼, 為麼個
	Xi'an	為啥
	Xining	為啥
	Xuzhou	為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼
	Yinchuan	為啥
	Lanzhou	為啥
	Ürümqi	為啥
	Wuhan	做麼事, 為麼事
	Chengdu	為啥子
	Guiyang	為哪樣, 為些哪樣
	Liuzhou	為什嗎
	Yangzhou	甚們事, 做事, 為甚們 formal
	Nanjing	為什麼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
	Hong Kong	點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
	Foshan	點解
	Shunde	為乜嘢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	為乜嘢
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	點解
	Doumen	點解
	Taishan	幾好, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路
	Kaiping (Chikan)	幾解
	Dongguan	點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢
Gan	Nanchang	為什哩
	Pingxiang	為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解
Hakka	Meixian	做麼個
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做麼個
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	做麼個
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	做麼個
	Dongshi (Dabu)	做麼個
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	做麼個
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	做麼個
Jin	Taiyuan	為甚, 因為甚
	Xinzhou	𠰻們
Min Bei	Jian'ou	做孰事
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 快勢
	Matsu	為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 快勢
Min Nan	Xiamen	為甚物, 按怎, 物代
	Quanzhou	按怎, 物代
	Zhangzhou	按怎
	Taipei	為啥物, 是按怎
	Penang	啥物事, 做物事, 做物
	Chaozhou	做呢
	Haikou	作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜
	Leizhou	做乜, 因乜
Pinghua	Nanning	做門, 做哪門, 為哪門
Wu	Shanghai	啥體, 為啥, 啥講究, 啥個講究, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故
	Suzhou	為啥, 為點啥
	Hangzhou	為啥
	Wenzhou	妝乜, 為乜事幹
	Chongming	為何, 做何
	Danyang	為點高, 做點高
	Jinhua	為淡事幹, 為待西
Xiang	Changsha	為麼子, 何解
	Loudi	嗎介