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为什么

為什麼traditional

HSK 2#299 by frequencyradical 丶

wèi shén me["r"]

why?; for what reason?

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为什么?

Why?

为什么不?

Why not?

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.