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为什么
為什麼
wèishénme
1.
why?
2.
for what reason?
HSK 2
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Example Sentences (10)
说说你为什么选择来我们公司工作。
Shuō shuo nǐ wèi shénme xuǎnzé lái wǒmen gōngsī gōngzuò.
Tell us why you chose to come to our company to work.
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王教授，今天听完您的这节课，我终于明白为什么您的课那么受学生欢迎了。
Wáng jiàoshòu, jīntiān tīng wán nín de zhè jié kè, wǒ zhōngyú míngbai wèishénme nín de kè nàme shòu xuéshēng huānyíng le.
Professor Wang, after listening to your class today, I finally understand why your classes are so popular with students.
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上次女儿问我飞机是怎么起飞和降落的，真不知道该怎么回答她，她现在总是有各种各样的“为什么”。
Shàngcì nǚ'ér wèn wǒ fēijī shì zěnme qǐfēi hé jiàngluò de, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá tā, tā xiànzài zǒngshì yǒu gèzhǒng gèyàng de "wèishénme".
Last time my daughter asked me how airplanes take off and land, I really didn't know how to answer her. Now she always has all kinds of "whys".
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女儿最近喜欢把头发放在耳朵后面，你知道为什么吗？
Nǚ'ér zuìjìn xǐhuan bǎ tóufa fàng zài ěrduo hòumian, nǐ zhīdào wèishénme ma?
My daughter recently likes to put her hair behind her ears. Do you know why?
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孩子眼中的世界是美丽和奇特的。有一本书叫《新十万个为什么》，现在卖得非常火。书里的内容都是儿童想知道的科学知识，相信你女儿一定喜欢读。
Háizi yǎnzhōng de shìjiè shì měilì hé qítè de.yǒu yī běn shū jiào《xīn shíwàn gè wèishénme》,xiànzài mài de fēicháng huǒ.shū lǐ de nèiróng dōu shì értóng xiǎng zhīdào de kēxuézhīshi,xiāngxìn nǐ nǚér yīdìng xǐhuān dú.
To a child, the world is a beautiful and wondrous place. There is a book called *The New 100,000 Whys* that is currently a huge bestseller. It covers scientific topics that children are curious about, and I'm sure your daughter would love reading it.
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难道它和我们小时候看的《十万个为什么》不一样吗？作者是谁啊？
Nándào tā hé wǒmen xiǎo shíhou kàn de "shí wàn gè wèishénme" bù yíyàng ma? Zuòzhě shì shéi a?
Isn't it the same as "One Hundred Thousand Whys" we read when we were kids? Who is the author?
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