Word: 为什么 (wèishénme)

不知道为什么没有人告诉过我。

Bù zhīdào wèishénme méiyǒu rén gàosuguo wǒ.

I wonder why nobody told me.

不知道她为什么这么担心呢。

Bù zhīdào tā wèishénme zhème dānxīn ne.

I wonder why she is so worried.

为什么不去波士顿？

Wèishénme bú qù Bōshìdùn?

Why don't you go to Boston?

为什么不给客服打电话？

Wèishénme bù gěi kèfú dǎdiànhuà?

Why don't you call customer service?

为什么不让你的嘴巴休息呢？

Wèishénme búràng nǐ de zuǐba xiūxi ne?

Why don't you give your mouth a rest?

为什么买这样的车呢？

Wèishénme mǎi zhèyàng de chē ne?

Why are you buying this type of car?

为什么他不再跟我讲笑话了？

Wèishénme tā búzài gēn wǒ jiǎng xiàohua le?

Why doesn't he tell me jokes anymore?

为什么他今天不能打网球呢？

Wèishénme tā jīntiān bùnéng dǎ wǎngqiú ne?

Why can't he play tennis today?

为什么他们会需要那么做呢？

Wèishénme tāmen huì xūyào nàme zuò ne?

Why would they need to do that?

为什么他会做这样的事呢？

Wèishénme tā huì zuò zhèyàng de shì ne?

Why did he do such a thing?

为什么他在这儿？

Wèishénme tā zài zhèr?

Why is he here?

为什么他生气？

Wèishénme tā shēngqì?

Why is he angry?

为什么他要这么对待你？

Wèishénme tā yào zhème duìdài nǐ?

Why did he treat you like that?

为什么任何人应该感到惊喜？

Wèishénme rènhé rén yīnggāi gǎndào jīngxǐ?

Why should anyone be surprised?

为什么你不叫你的父母给你买车？

Wèishénme nǐ bú jiào nǐ de fùmǔ gěi nǐ mǎi chē?

Why don't you ask your parents to buy you a car?

为什么你不告诉我真相？

Wèishénme nǐ bú gàosu wǒ zhēnxiàng?

Why did you not tell me the truth?

为什么你不想告诉我们真相？

Wèishénme nǐ bùxiǎng gàosu wǒmen zhēnxiàng?

Why don't you want to tell us the truth?

为什么你不来看我们？

Wèishénme nǐ bù láikàn wǒmen?

Why don't you come visit us?

为什么你不来跟我跳舞？

Wèishénme nǐ bù lái gēn wǒ tiàowǔ?

Why don't you come dancing with me?

为什么你不等等我就开始了？

Wèishénme nǐ bù děngděng wǒ jiù kāishǐle?

Why did you begin without me?

为什么你不给他打电话？

Wèishénme nǐ bù gěi tā dǎdiànhuà?

Why don't you call him?

为什么你买了旅行保险？

Wèishénme nǐ mǎile lǚxíng bǎoxiǎn?

Why did you buy travel insurance?

为什么你们在打喷嚏？

Wèishénme nǐmen zài dǎpēntì?

Why are you sneezing?

为什么你假装无辜！

Wèishénme nǐ jiǎzhuāng wúgū!

Why are you feigning innocence?!

为什么你做饭那么拿手呢？

Wèishénme nǐ zuòfàn nàme náshǒu ne?

Why are you so good at cooking?

为什么你在爬这棵树？

Wèishénme nǐ zài pá zhè kē shù?

Why are you climbing this tree?

为什么你学世界语？

Wèishénme nǐ xué Shìjièyǔ?

Why are you learning Esperanto?

为什么你对于这个有这样的想法？

Wèishénme nǐ duìyú zhège yǒu zhèyàng de xiǎngfǎ?

Why should you think that?

为什么你总是一味地让步呢？

Wèishénme nǐ zǒngshì yíwèi de ràngbù ne?

Why do you always just give in without question?

为什么你想到外国读书？

Wèishénme nǐ xiǎngdào wàiguó dúshū?

Why do you want to study abroad?

为什么你每天都学习呢？

Wèishénme nǐ měitiān dōu xuéxí ne?

Why do you study every day?

为什么你的嘴那么大？

Wèishénme nǐ de zuǐ nàme dà?

Why is your mouth so big?

为什么你的脑袋那么聪明呢？

Wèishénme nǐ de nǎodai nàme cōngming ne?

Why are you so smart?

为什么你突然想休学？

Wèishénme nǐ tūrán xiǎng xiūxué?

Why do you suddenly want to take a leave from school?

为什么你花了所有钱？

Wèishénme nǐ huāle suǒyǒu qián?

Why did you use up all the money?

为什么你要烧这些图片呢？

Wèishénme nǐ yào shāo zhèxiē túpiàn ne?

Why are you burning these pictures?

为什么你要试图隐藏自己的情感？

Wèishénme nǐ yào shìtú yǐncáng zìjǐ de qínggǎn?

Why are you trying to hide your feelings?

为什么你这么久不给我回信？

Wèishénme nǐ zhème jiǔ bù gěi wǒ huíxìn?

Why haven't you replied to me for so long?

为什么喜欢喝浓咖啡？

Wèishénme xǐhuan hē nóng kāfēi?

Why do you like coffee strong?

为什么喝那么多药？

Wèishénme hē nàme duō yào?

Why are you taking so much medicine?

为什么大家突然对我这么好？

Wèishénme dàjiā tūrán duì wǒ zhème hǎo?

Why is everyone being so nice to me all of a sudden?

为什么天是蓝的？

Wèishénme tiān shì lán de?

Why is the sky blue?

为什么天空是蓝的？

Wèishénme tiānkōng shì lán de?

Why is the sky blue?

为什么她早回家了？

Wèishénme tā zǎo huíjiā le?

Why did she come home early?

为什么她的父亲去了日本？

Wèishénme tā de fùqīn qùle Rìběn?

Why did her father go to Japan?

为什么她要做这种事情呢？

Wèishénme tā yào zuò zhèzhǒng shìqing ne?

What made her do so?

为什么孩子对家人越来越疏离？

Wèishénme háizi duì jiārén yuèláiyuè shūlí?

Why is the child becoming more and more distant from the family?

为什么它应该要变得不一样？

Wèishénme tā yīnggāi yào biànde bù yíyàng?

Why should it be different?

为什么它是必要的？

Wèishénme tā shì bìyào de?

Why should it be necessary?

为什么宗教是必要的？

Wèishénme zōngjiào shì bìyào de?

Why is religion necessary?

为什么广场上张灯结彩？

Wèishénme guǎngchǎng shàng zhāngdēngjiécǎi?

Why is the square decorated with lanterns and colored banners?

为什么总让我演配角？

Wèishénme zǒng ràng wǒ yǎn pèijué?

Why do you always make me play the minor role?

为什么您一个人？

Wèishénme nín yí gè rén?

Why are you alone?

为什么您想到外国读书？

Wèishénme nín xiǎngdào wàiguó dúshū?

Why do you want to study abroad?

为什么我一直学不好英语？

Wèishénme wǒ yìzhí xué bù hǎo Yīngyǔ?

Why is it after all this time, I still cannot learn English well?

为什么我们不一起吃午饭呢？

Wèishénme wǒmen bù yìqǐ chī wǔfàn ne?

Why don't we have lunch together?

为什么我们在这上面浪费时间？

Wèishénme wǒmen zài zhè shàngmiàn làngfèi shíjiān?

Why are we wasting time with this?

为什么我们应该要帮助？

Wèishénme wǒmen yīnggāi yào bāngzhù?

Why should we help?

为什么我们现在不能讲？

Wèishénme wǒmen xiànzài bùnéng jiǎng?

Why can't we talk now?

为什么我在哭？

Wèishénme wǒ zài kū?

Why am I crying?

为什么我应该去上学？

Wèishénme wǒ yīnggāi qù shàngxué?

Why should I go to school?

为什么我应该去学校？

Wèishénme wǒ yīnggāi qù xuéxiào?

Why do I have to go to school?

为什么我的兄弟是笨蛋？

Wèishénme wǒ de xiōngdì shì bèndàn?

Why is my brother stupid?

为什么我要向你道歉？

Wèishénme wǒ yào xiàng nǐ dàoqiàn?

Why should I apologize to you?

为什么我越来越胖的？

Wèishénme wǒ yuèláiyuè pàng de?

Why am I getting fatter and fatter?

为什么我还在这里？

Wèishénme wǒ hái zài zhèlǐ?

Why am I still here?

为什么所有的小伙子都喜欢她？

Wèishénme suǒyǒu de xiǎohuǒzi dōu xǐhuan tā?

Why do all the guys like her?

为什么执照会被吊销？

Wèishénme zhízhào huì bèi diàoxiāo?

Why would a license get revoked?

为什么改变那么难？

Wèishénme gǎibiàn nàme nán?

Why is change so hard?

为什么是我？

Wèishénme shì wǒ?

Why me?

为什么最近的水果价格会飙升？

Wèishénme zuìjìn de shuǐguǒ jiàgé huì biāoshēng?

Why have fruit prices soared recently?

为什么月亮晚上发光？

Wèishénme yuèliang wǎnshang fāguāng?

Why does the moon shine at night?

为什么植物是绿色的？

Wèishénme zhíwù shì lǜsè de?

Why are plants green?

为什么没人喜欢她？

Wèishénme méi rén xǐhuan tā?

Why would anyone not like her?

为什么没人来我的网站呢？

Wèishénme méi rén lái wǒ de wǎngzhàn ne?

Why isn't anyone visiting my website?

为什么没有世界和平？

Wèishénme méiyǒu shìjiè hépíng?

Why is there no world peace?

为什么现在做那个？

Wèishénme xiànzài zuò nàge?

Why do that now?

为什么现在才到。

Wèishénme xiànzài cái dào.

Why have you only arrived now?

为什么现在才来？

Wèishénme xiànzài cái lái?

Why have you come only now?

为什么现在的生育率这么低？

Wèishénme xiànzài de shēngyùlǜ zhème dī?

Why is the fertility rate so low these days?

为什么电视开着？

Wèishénme diànshì kāizhe?

Why is the television on?

为什么草是绿色的？

Wèishénme cǎo shì lǜsè de?

Why is grass green?

为什么要学法文？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎwén?

Why learn French?

为什么要学法语？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎyǔ?

Why learn French?

为什么要学法语呢？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎyǔ ne?

Why learn French?

为什么要怪到我们头上？

Wèishénme yào guài dào wǒmen tóushàng?

Why blame us?

为什么要担心？

Wèishénme yào dānxīn?

Why worry about it?

为什么要接受这个任务？

Wèishénme yào jiēshòu zhège rènwu?

Why did you take it on?

为什么要用糖供灶神？

Wèishénme yào yòng táng gōng zàoshén?

Why do people offer sugar to the Kitchen God?

为什么要砍伐这么多树？

Wèishénme yào kǎnfá zhème duō shù?

Why do they have to cut down so many trees?

为什么要责怪我们？

Wèishénme yào zéguài wǒmen?

Why blame us?

为什么要采取单边措施？

Wèishénme yào cǎiqǔ dānbiān cuòshī?

Why take unilateral measures?

为什么这世界上还有战争？

Wèishénme zhè shìjiè shàng háiyǒu zhànzhēng?

Why are there still wars in the world?

为什么这两天一天比一天热？

Wèishénme zhè liǎng tiān yì tiān bǐ yì tiān rè?

Why has it been getting hotter and hotter these last two days?

为什么这个时间在外面呢？

Wèishénme zhège shíjiān zài wàimiàn ne?

Why are you out at this hour?

为什么这块地要轮作？

Wèishénme zhèkuài de yào lúnzuò?

Why does this field need crop rotation?

为什么这有警察？

Wèishénme zhè yǒu jǐngchá?

Why are the police here?

为什么这本书的销量一直上不去？

Wèishénme zhè běn shū de xiāoliàng yìzhí shàngbúqù?

Why have this book's sales never picked up?

为什么这种偏见会这么根深蒂固？

Wèishénme zhèzhǒng piānjiàn huì zhème gēnshēndìgù?

Why is this prejudice so deeply rooted?

为什么这里有这么多孩子辍学？

Wèishénme zhèlǐ yǒu zhème duō háizi chuòxué?

Why are so many children dropping out of school here?