點解
See also: 点解
Chinese
| how | to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (點解) | 點 | 解 | |
| simp. (点解) | 点 | 解 | |
Pronunciation
Pronoun
點解
- (Cantonese) why?
- 點解會噉嘅？ / 点解会噉嘅？ [Cantonese] ― Dim2 gaai2 wui5 gam2 ge2? [Jyutping] ― Why is it like this? Why does it have to be like this?
Usage notes
See 做咩#Usage notes.
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 | |
See also
- 噉解
- 冇解
Phrase
點解
- (Cantonese) how should … be understood? what does … mean?
- 呢隻字點解？ / 呢只字点解？ [Cantonese] ― Nei1 zek3 zi6 dim2 gaai2? [Jyutping] ― What does this word mean?
- 請問「JJ」係點解？ / 请问“JJ”系点解？ [Cantonese] ― Ceng2 man6 “JJ” hai6 dim2 gaai2? [Jyutping] ― Please tell me what "JJ" means.