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HSK
how? / what? / why?
HSK 1
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you
HSK 5
why
HSK 6
there is no need / why should
HSK 7-9
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
HSK 7-9
no wonder! / so that's why!
HSK 7-9
why bother? / is it worth the trouble?
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胡* | 胡* | *胡
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written )
(old) why
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奚* | 奚* | *奚
(literary) what? / where? / why?
there is no need / why should
why not? / why not do (sth)?
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盍* | 盍* | *盍
why not
why? / for what reason?
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth
(literary) why / how
what for / why / how
how / why
(Internet slang) why?
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝 when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀
what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
Why is that?; How come?
(spoken) why? / for which reason?
the reason why
that's why it is called...
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曷* | 曷* | *曷
why / how / when / what / where
(idiom) to know that it is so but not why it is so


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