為什麼
ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ
“why?; for what reason?; used to ask about purpose or cause.”
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為
ㄨㄟˋ
To do; to act; to make; to become; to be; to serve as; because of; for; by (passive voice marker).
什
ㄕˊ
What; assorted; miscellaneous; ten (used in fractions or financial contexts); a collection of ten soldiers; a chapter or section of a book, especially in classical poetry.
麼
˙ㄇㄜ
Exclamatory final particle; interrogative final particle; suffix forming interrogatives like 'what' or 'how'; tiny; insignificant.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 因為ㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋbecause; owing to; on account of; introduces a reason or cause
- 什麼ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜwhat; used as an interrogative pronoun to ask about things; used as an indefinite pronoun to refer to something unspecified; used as an adjective to indicate something unknown or general; used to express something unimportant or trivial
- 認為ㄖㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊto think; to believe; to consider; to feel; to hold the view that
- 成為ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋto become; to turn into; to develop into; to grow into.
- 怎麼ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜhow?; what?; why?; in what way?; must; be sure to.
- 這麼ㄓㄜˋ ˙ㄇㄜso; to such a degree; this much; in this way; like this
- 那麼ㄋㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄜlike that; in that way; to that extent; then; in that case; (before a number) ... or so; about ...
- 行為ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊaction; conduct; behavior; activity; outward actions based on personal will
- 作為ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˊdeed; act; to act as; in the capacity of; qua; to regard as; to take as
- 以為ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊto think; to believe (often mistakenly); to take for; to consider as.
- 為何ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄜˊwhy; for what reason
- 視為ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋto regard as; to consider to be; to view as; to deem