Word: 为什么 (wèishénme)

你为什么想读硕士？

Nǐ wèishénme xiǎng dú shuòshì?

Why do you want to do a master's degree?

你为什么愁眉苦脸地看着账单？

Nǐ wèishénme chóuméikǔliǎn de kànzhe zhàngdān?

Why are you looking so worried as you stare at the bill?

你为什么戴那条围巾？

Nǐ wèishénme dài nà tiáo wéijīn?

Why are you wearing that scarf?

你为什么打开这个盒子？

Nǐ wèishénme dǎkāi zhège hézi?

Why did you open the box?

你为什么打我？

Nǐ wèishénme dǎ wǒ?

Why did you hit me?

你为什么把灯打开了呀？

Nǐ wèishénme bǎ dēng dǎkāile ya?

Why did you turn on the light?

你为什么拒绝了他的提议？

Nǐ wèishénme jùjuéle tā de tíyì?

Why did you turn down his offer?

你为什么拒绝做？

Nǐ wèishénme jùjué zuò?

Why did you refuse to do that?

你为什么指责我儿子？

Nǐ wèishénme zhǐzé wǒ érzi?

Why do you accuse my son?

你为什么昨天旷课了？

Nǐ wèishénme zuótiān kuàngkè le?

Why did you cut class yesterday?

你为什么来了日本？

Nǐ wèishénme láile Rìběn?

Why did you come to Japan?

你为什么来应聘这个工作？

Nǐ wèishénme lái yìngpìn zhège gōngzuò?

Why are you applying for this job?

你为什么来西班牙？

Nǐ wèishénme lái Xībānyá?

Why did you come to Spain?

你为什么来这儿？

Nǐ wèishénme lái zhèr?

What have you come here for?

你为什么来这里？

Nǐ wèishénme lái zhèlǐ?

Why did you come here?

你为什么没做？

Nǐ wèishénme méi zuò?

Why didn't you do that?

你为什么没有去？

Nǐ wèishénme méiyǒu qù?

Why didn't you go?

你为什么生我的气？

Nǐ wèishénme shēng wǒ de qì?

Why are you angry with me?

你为什么生气？

Nǐ wèishénme shēngqì?

Why are you angry?

你为什么看好这个板块？

Nǐ wèishénme kànhǎo zhège bǎnkuài?

Why are you optimistic about this sector?

你为什么看起来这么愧疚？

Nǐ wèishénme kànqǐlai zhème kuìjiù?

Why do you look so guilty?

你为什么突然抬起了眉毛？

Nǐ wèishénme tūrán táiqǐle méimao?

Why did you suddenly raise your eyebrows?

你为什么站着？

Nǐ wèishénme zhànzhe?

Why are you standing?

你为什么给我这些钱？

Nǐ wèishénme gěi wǒ zhèxiē qián?

Why are you giving me this money?

你为什么要和他说话？

Nǐ wèishénme yào hé tā shuōhuà?

Why did you speak to him?

你为什么要和经理争论？

Nǐ wèishénme yào hé jīnglǐ zhēnglùn?

Why are you arguing with the manager?

你为什么要栽赃别人？

Nǐ wèishénme yào zāizāng biéren?

Why would you frame someone else?

你为什么要讲这个笑话呢？

Nǐ wèishénme yào jiǎng zhège xiàohua ne?

Why did you tell this joke?

你为什么要那样做呢？

Nǐ wèishénme yào nàyàng zuò ne?

Why did you do that?

你为什么要骂人家？

Nǐ wèishénme yào mà rénjia?

Why do you go about being cross at people?

你为什么觉得动物怕火呢？

Nǐ wèishénme juéde dòngwù pà huǒ ne?

Why do you think animals dread fire?

你为什么觉得我们在这？

Nǐ wèishénme juéde wǒmen zài zhè?

Why do you think we're here?

你为什么说要去公园散步？

Nǐ wèishénme shuō yào qù gōngyuán sànbù?

Why are you saying you want to walk in the park?

你为什么跟他生气？

Nǐ wèishénme gēn tā shēngqì?

Why are you angry with him?

你为什么辞职？

Nǐ wèishénme cízhí?

Why did you quit?

你为什么还不结婚？

Nǐ wèishénme hái bù jiéhūn?

Why are you still unmarried?

你为什么还在学校？

Nǐ wèishénme hái zài xuéxiào?

Why are you still at school?

你为什么这么倔？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème juè?

Why are you so hard-headed?

你为什么这么可怜？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème kělián?

Why are you so unfortunate?

你为什么这么喜欢怀旧电影？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème xǐhuan huáijiù diànyǐng?

Why do you like nostalgic movies so much?

你为什么这么固执呢？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème gùzhí ne?

Why are you so stubborn?

你为什么这么在乎胜负呢？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème zàihu shèngfù ne?

Why do you care so much about winning or losing?

你为什么这么害怕？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème hàipà?

Why were you so scared?

你为什么这么频繁地看手机？

Nǐ wèishénme zhème pínfán de kàn shǒujī?

Why do you check your phone so frequently?

你为什么迟到？

Nǐ wèishénme chídào?

Why were you late?

你为什么选这首歌？

Nǐ wèishénme xuǎn zhè shǒu gē?

Why did you pick that song?

你为什么那么对她？

Nǐ wèishénme nàme duì tā?

Why did you do that to her?

你为什么那么忙？

Nǐ wèishénme nàme máng?

Why are you so busy?

你为什么那么高兴？

Nǐ wèishénme nàme gāoxìng?

Why are you so happy?

你为什么醒着？

Nǐ wèishénme xǐngzhe?

Why are you awake?

你为什么长不大呢？

Nǐ wèishénme zhǎng bú dà ne?

Why don't you grow up?

你为什么问我？

Nǐ wèishénme wèn wǒ?

Why are you asking me?

你为什么问我的观点？

Nǐ wèishénme wèn wǒ de guāndiǎn?

Why are you asking my opinion?

你为什么需要它？

Nǐ wèishénme xūyào tā?

Why do you need it?

你为什么需要我帮助？

Nǐ wèishénme xūyào wǒ bāngzhù?

Why do you need my help?

你为什么需要这笔钱？

Nǐ wèishénme xūyào zhè bǐ qián?

Why do you need this money?

你今天为什么忙？

Nǐ jīntiān wèishénme máng?

Why are you busy today?

你今天为什么来这里？

Nǐ jīntiān wèishénme lái zhèlǐ?

Why did you come here today?

你今早为什么迟到了？

Nǐ jīn zǎo wèishénme chídàole?

Why were you late this morning?

你们为什么不雇佣他呢？

Nǐmen wèishénme bú gùyōng tā ne?

Why don't you hire him?

你们为什么想今天走？

Nǐmen wèishénme xiǎng jīntiān zǒu?

Why do you want to leave today?

你们为什么想杀我？

Nǐmen wèishénme xiǎng shā wǒ?

Why do you want to kill me?

你们为什么有那样的想法？

Nǐmen wèishénme yǒu nàyàng de xiǎngfǎ?

What makes you think so?

你们为什么老打架？

Nǐmen wèishénme lǎo dǎjià?

Why do you guys always fight?

你们为什么而奋斗？

Nǐmen wèishénme ér fèndòu?

What are you striving for?

你到底为什么在这里？

Nǐ dàodǐ wèishénme zài zhèlǐ?

Why on earth are you here?

你到底为什么要这么做？

Nǐ dàodǐ wèishénme yào zhème zuò?

Why exactly did you need to do that?

你妈妈为什么住院了？

Nǐ māma wèishénme zhùyuàn le?

Why was your mom hospitalized?

你明明知道答案，为什么不说？

Nǐ míngmíng zhīdào dá'àn, wèishénme bù shuō?

You obviously know the answer, so why won't you say it?

你昨天为什么缺席？

Nǐ zuótiān wèishénme quēxí?

Why were you absent yesterday?

你的猫为什么那么大？

Nǐ de māo wèishénme nàme dà?

Why is your cat so big?

你的眼睛为什么那么大？

Nǐ de yǎnjing wèishénme nàme dà?

Why are your eyes so big?

你的简历上为什么没有照片？

Nǐ de jiǎnlì shàng wèishénme méiyǒu zhàopiān?

Why is there no photo on your CV?

你知道为什么他们安静下来了呢？

Nǐ zhīdào wèishénme tāmen ānjìng xiàlai le ne?

Do you know why they stopped talking?

你知道他为什么不吃肉吗？

Nǐ zhīdào tā wèishénme bùchī ròu ma?

Do you know why he doesn't eat meat?

你知道她为什么不能来吗？

Nǐ zhīdào tā wèishénme bùnéng lái ma?

Do you know why she couldn't come?

你知道它为什么会发生吗？

Nǐ zhīdào tā wèishénme huì fāshēng ma?

Do you know why it's happening?

你老婆为什么伤心？

Nǐ lǎopó wèishénme shāngxīn?

Why is your wife sad?

你能解释一下你为什么迟到吗？

Nǐ néng jiěshì yíxià nǐ wèishénme chídào ma?

Can you explain why you were late?

你觉得动物为什么会怕火呢？

Nǐ juéde dòngwù wèishénme huì pà huǒ ne?

Why do you think animals dread fire?

做事为什么不能当机立断呢？

Zuòshì wèishénme bùnéng dāngjīlìduàn ne?

Why can't you be decisive when you do things?

儒家为什么重视克己？

Rújiā wèishénme zhòngshì kèjǐ?

Why does Confucianism place such importance on self-restraint?

公司为什么扣留我的工资？

Gōngsī wèishénme kòuliú wǒ de gōngzī?

Why is the company withholding my wages?

前面的高速今天为什么堵车？

Qiánmiàn de gāosù jīntiān wèishénme dǔchē?

Why is the expressway ahead jammed today?

动物为什么会进化？

Dòngwù wèishénme huì jìnhuà?

Why do animals evolve?

古人为什么重视修身？

Gǔrén wèishénme zhòngshì xiūshēn?

Why did the ancients place so much importance on self-cultivation?

古人写诗为什么爱用典？

Gǔrén xiěshī wèishénme ài yòngdiǎn?

Why did the ancients like to use classical allusions when writing poetry?

叫你去为什么不去？

Jiào nǐ qù wèishénme bú qù?

You were told to go. Why didn't you?

告诉我他为什么缺席了。

Gàosu wǒ tā wèishénme quēxí le.

Tell me why he was absent.

告诉我你为什么娶了她。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ wèishénme qǔle tā.

Tell me why you married her.

告诉我她为什么哭。

Gàosu wǒ tā wèishénme kū.

Tell me why she is crying.

告诉我她为什么生气。

Gàosu wǒ tā wèishénme shēngqì.

Tell me the reason why she got angry.

周朝为什么要实行封建？

Zhōucháo wèishénme yào shíxíng fēngjiàn?

Why did the Zhou dynasty practice enfeoffment?

商店为什么总在周末促销？

Shāngdiàn wèishénme zǒng zài zhōumò cùxiāo?

Why do stores always run promotions on weekends?

因为你真的很臭，这就是为什么。

Yīnwèi nǐ zhēnde hěn chòu, zhè jiùshì wèishénme.

Because you smell bad, that's why.

国画为什么这么淡雅？

Guóhuà wèishénme zhème dànyǎ?

Why are traditional Chinese paintings so understated and elegant?

城市建设为什么要以人为本？

Chéngshì jiànshè wèishénme yào yǐrénwéiběn?

Why should urban development be people-oriented?

外资最近为什么越来越少了？

Wàizī zuìjìn wèishénme yuèláiyuè shǎole?

Why has foreign capital been getting scarcer lately?

大家为什么都在看着我？

Dàjiā wèishénme dōu zài kànzhe wǒ?

Why is everyone looking at me?

大棚里为什么这么热？

Dàpéng lǐ wèishénme zhème rè?

Why is it so hot inside the greenhouse?