why
wéi = for
(when a large number is expected)
(when a small number—less than 10—is expected)
Learned in Dōng Lǎoshī's Intro Mandarin class
Categories: numbers, people, time, food
Parts of speech: verbs, adjectives/adverbs, interrogatives/demonstratives, particles/suffixes/expressions
Additional pages: characters grouped containing similar radicals; HTML entities for pinyin
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shénme | what |
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nǎ | which/where |
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nà | that |
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nàr | there |
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shéi | who/whom |
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wèi shèn | why wéi = for |
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zhè | this |
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duō dà | how old |
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duōshǎo | how many, how much (when a large number is expected) |
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jǐ | how many (when a small number—less than 10—is expected) |
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zěnme | how |
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zěnmeyàng | how is... |