为何 wèihé why
How to remember 为何: 为 for + 何 what = why.
Characters
How it is used
- Formal/literary 'why' - 为何如此 (wèihé rúcǐ) why is it so?
- Written register; the spoken equivalent is 为什么 (wèishénme).
- 何 = what; you'll meet it in the same set as 如何 (rúhé, how), 何时 (héshí, when).
Example sentences
- 你为何想当一个老师？ Nǐ wèihé xiǎngdāng yígè lǎoshī?Why did you want to become a teacher?