Why is he angry?
为啥
dialectal equivalent of 为什么
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Meaning and common use
dialectal equivalent of 为什么
How 为啥 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 为啥 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Why aren't you married yet?
Why does Tom take those pills?
Words that keep company with 为啥.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 为啥.
Directly before
- 想不通为啥1
- 他为啥1
- 她为啥1
- 你为啥1
- 明白为啥1
Directly after
- 为啥不1
- 为啥没人1
- 为啥哭泣1
- 为啥生气1
- 为啥如此1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 为啥
What does 为啥 mean in Chinese?
为啥 (wèishá) means dialectal equivalent of 为什么.
How do you pronounce 为啥?
为啥 is pronounced wèishá.
Is 为啥 an HSK word?
为啥 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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