為什麼
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Chinese
[edit]| because of, for | what; something | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (為什麼/為甚麼*/爲什麼/爲甚麼) | 為/爲 | 什麼/甚麼 | |
| simp. (为什么) | 为 | 什么 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai6 sam6 mo1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ui5 sim6 moh4 / ui5 sim6 mo7
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wèishénme̊
- Wade–Giles: wei4-shên2-mê5
- Yale: wèi-shén-me
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshern.me
- Palladius: вэйшэньмэ (vɛjšɛnʹmɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ mə³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai6 sam6 mo1
- Yale: waih sahm mō
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 sam6 mo1
- Guangdong Romanization: wei6 sem6 mo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² sɐm²² mɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ui5 sim6 moh4 / ui5 sim6 mo7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi sĭm moh / ûi sĭm mō
- Sinological IPA (key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³⁵⁻¹¹ moʔ²/, /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³⁵⁻¹¹ mo¹¹/
- (Teochew)
Adverb
[edit]為什麼
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
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