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为何

wèi hé

2-character word Traditional 為何

What 为何 means

1. why

The characters in 为何

• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 何héwhat; how; why

Example sentences

• 为何大声喧嚷？
  Wèihé dàshēng xuān rǎng?
  Why are you speaking loudly?
• 你昨天为何逃课？
  Nǐ zuótiān wèihé táokè?
  Why did you absent yourself from class yesterday?
• 你为何走访英国？
  Nǐ wèihé zǒufǎng Yīngguó?
  Why are you visiting the United Kingdom?
• 你为何周六没来？
  Why didn't you turn up on Saturday?
• 为何男女有别呢？
  Why are there differences between males and females?

Sounds the same

Read wèi hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渭河Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原