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为什么wèishénmewhy?

Theme
Questions
Level
First words
Strokes
11
Characters
3

How 为什么 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

为 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
什 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
么 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 为什么

Examples

你为什么不来？

Nǐ wèishénme bù lái?

Why aren't you coming?

  • 你nǐyou
  • 为什么wèishénmewhy?
  • 不bùno
  • 来láito come

他为什么很高兴？

Tā wèishénme hěn gāoxìng?

Why is he so happy?

  • 他tāhe
  • 为什么wèishénmewhy?
  • 很hěnvery
  • 高兴gāoxìnghappy

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.