# 为什么 (wèishénme)

In Mandarin Chinese, 为什么 (wèishénme) means “why”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: why
- Pinyin: wèishénme (wei4 shen2 me5)
- Traditional: 為什麼
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 你今天为什么没去上课？
  Nǐ jīntiān wèishénme méi qù shàngkè?
  Why didn't you go to class today?

## Characters

- [为](https://hanziro.com/word/wei-because/) (wèi): for; because of
- 什 (shí): ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted
- 么 (má): exclamatory final particle

https://hanziro.com/word/wei-shen-me-why/

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