{"id":17420,"date":"2026-09-25T09:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=17420"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:22:45","slug":"why-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why&#8221; in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/#1Why_%E2%80%94_%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88_weishenme\" >1Why \u2014 \u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48 w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/#2Answering_with_%E5%9B%A0%E7%82%BA%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA_yinwei_%E2%80%A6_%E6%89%80%E4%BB%A5_suoyi_%E2%80%A6\" >2Answering with \u56e0\u70ba\u56e0\u4e3a y\u012bnw\u00e8i (\u2026 \u6240\u4ee5 su\u01d2y\u01d0 \u2026)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/#3Why_Not%E2%80%A6_%E2%80%94_%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88_weishenme_%E4%B8%8D_bu_as_a_Suggestion\" >3Why Not\u2026? \u2014 \u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48 w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + \u4e0d b\u00f9 as a Suggestion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/#4%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88_weishenme_vs_%E6%80%8E%E9%BA%BC%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88_zenme_How_Come\" >4\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48 w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme vs \u600e\u9ebc\u600e\u4e48 z\u011bnme (How Come)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/#5Common_Mistakes\" >5Common Mistakes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/why-in-chinese\/#6Practice\" >6Practice<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:4px\" 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class=\"odc-article\">\n<div class=\"topbar\">\n  <div class=\"brandmark\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span> OneDotDot Chinese<\/div>\n  <div>Grammar \u00b7 HSK 2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<header class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Grammar Point \u00b7 <span>HSK 2<\/span><\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"hero-title\"><span class=\"cjk\">Question Words 5 \u2014 Why<\/span><span class=\"accent\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/span><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"hero-sub\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme is how you ask &#8220;why&#8221; in Chinese \u2014 and it&#8217;s the one question word that doesn&#8217;t follow the usual &#8220;answer goes in the same spot&#8221; rule.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"lede-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Question-words-in-Chinese.png\" alt=\"Question words in Chinese\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">In this part of the question-word series, we look at how to ask <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme, how to answer with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span> y\u012bnw\u00e8i \u2026 \u6240\u4ee5 su\u01d2y\u01d0 \u2026, how to use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + \u4e0d b\u00f9 as a friendly suggestion, and how it differs from <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span> z\u011bnme &#8220;how come&#8221;.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Why_%E2%80%94_%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88_weishenme\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">1<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Why \u2014 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme literally means <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a<\/span> w\u00e8i (for) + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> sh\u00e9nme (what) \u2014 &#8220;for what?&#8221; It can sit right after the subject, or at the very beginning of the sentence. Putting it first adds a little more emphasis.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"struct\"><div class=\"struct-line\">Subject + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + Verb (+ Object)\uff1f<\/div><div class=\"struct-line\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + Subject + Verb (+ Object)\uff1f<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag\">Q<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why did you come to Taiwan?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag qa-a\">A<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">I came to Taiwan to learn Chinese.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag\">Q<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u611b<\/span><rt>\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7231<\/span><rt>\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why doesn&#8217;t she love me?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag qa-a\">A<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Because you don&#8217;t speak Chinese.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag\">Q<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8\u8208<\/span><rt>g\u0101ox\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8\u5174<\/span><rt>g\u0101ox\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why are you unhappy today?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag qa-a\">A<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624b\u6a5f<\/span><rt>sh\u01d2uj\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u898b<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624b\u673a<\/span><rt>sh\u01d2uj\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89c1<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Because my phone is missing.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Key Point<\/div>\n    <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme is the one question word that breaks the &#8220;put it where the answer goes&#8221; rule. You can&#8217;t just swap it for a reason \u2014 the answer is usually a new sentence, often starting with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span> y\u012bnw\u00e8i (because).<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2Answering_with_%E5%9B%A0%E7%82%BA%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA_yinwei_%E2%80%A6_%E6%89%80%E4%BB%A5_suoyi_%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">2<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Answering with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span> y\u012bnw\u00e8i (\u2026 \u6240\u4ee5 su\u01d2y\u01d0 \u2026)<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>The most natural way to answer a <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme question is with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span> y\u012bnw\u00e8i. You can give just the reason, or add \u6240\u4ee5 su\u01d2y\u01d0 (so) to state the result as well.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"struct\"><div class=\"struct-line\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span> y\u012bnw\u00e8i + Reason\u3002<\/div><div class=\"struct-line\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span> y\u012bnw\u00e8i + Reason\uff0c\u6240\u4ee5 su\u01d2y\u01d0 + Result\u3002<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag\">Q<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why are you learning Chinese?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag qa-a\">A<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5973\u670b\u53cb<\/span><rt>n\u01dap\u00e9ngy\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063\u4eba<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101nr\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5973\u670b\u53cb<\/span><rt>n\u01dap\u00e9ngyou<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e\u4eba<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101nr\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Because my girlfriend is Taiwanese.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag\">Q<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">Tiffany<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ddf<\/span><rt>g\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">Tiffany<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why are you learning Chinese with Tiffany?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag qa-a\">A<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f<\/span><rt>zh\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77e5\u9053<\/span><rt>zh\u012bd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6559<\/span><rt>ji\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f<\/span><rt>zh\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77e5\u9053<\/span><rt>zh\u012bd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6559<\/span><rt>ji\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Because she really knows how to teach Chinese.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag\">Q<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c92<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73ed<\/span><rt>b\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6ca1<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73ed<\/span><rt>b\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why didn&#8217;t he come to work?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"qa-line\"><span class=\"qa-tag qa-a\">A<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u75c5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngb\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6240\u4ee5<\/span><rt>su\u01d2y\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f11\u606f<\/span><rt>xi\u016bx\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56e0\u4e3a<\/span><rt>y\u012bnw\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u75c5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngb\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6240\u4ee5<\/span><rt>su\u01d2y\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f11\u606f<\/span><rt>xi\u016bxi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3002<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Because he&#8217;s sick, so he&#8217;s resting at home.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3Why_Not%E2%80%A6_%E2%80%94_%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88_weishenme_%E4%B8%8D_bu_as_a_Suggestion\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">3<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Why Not\u2026? \u2014 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + \u4e0d b\u00f9 as a Suggestion<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + \u4e0d b\u00f9 + Verb can be a real question (&#8220;why don&#8217;t you\u2026?&#8221;), but very often it&#8217;s a friendly suggestion \u2014 just like &#8220;why don&#8217;t you\u2026?&#8221; in English.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"struct\"><div class=\"struct-line\">Subject + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme + \u4e0d b\u00f9 + Verb\uff1f<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d2f<\/span><rt>l\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f11\u606f<\/span><rt>xi\u016bx\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u4e0b<\/span><rt>y\u00edxi\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d2f<\/span><rt>l\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f11\u606f<\/span><rt>xi\u016bxi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u4e0b<\/span><rt>y\u00edxi\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><div class=\"en\" style=\"margin-left:0 !important;\">You&#8217;re tired \u2014 why don&#8217;t you take a break?<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\"><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u61c2<\/span><rt>d\u01d2ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u554f<\/span><rt>w\u00e8n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8001\u5e2b<\/span><rt>l\u01ceosh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u61c2<\/span><rt>d\u01d2ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u95ee<\/span><rt>w\u00e8n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8001\u5e08<\/span><rt>l\u01ceosh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><div class=\"en\" style=\"margin-left:0 !important;\">You don&#8217;t understand \u2014 why don&#8217;t you ask the teacher?<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">Good to Know<\/div>\n    <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f11\u606f xi\u016bx\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4f11\u606f xi\u016bxi<\/span> is pronounced xi\u016bx\u00ed in Taiwan and xi\u016bxi (with a neutral tone) in Mainland China. Switch the text display to hear the difference in the pinyin.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88_weishenme_vs_%E6%80%8E%E9%BA%BC%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88_zenme_How_Come\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">4<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme vs <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span> z\u011bnme (How Come)<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>In HSK 1 you learned that <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span> z\u011bnme + negative means &#8220;how come&#8221;. Both words can ask about a reason, but they don&#8217;t feel the same.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"compare-table-wrap\"><table class=\"compare-table\">\n    <tbody><tr><th>Word<\/th><th>Feeling<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr>\n    <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/td><td>A neutral, direct question \u2014 you really want to know the reason.<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f60\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc\u6c92\u4f86\uff1f<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4f60\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u6ca1\u6765\uff1f<\/span> N\u01d0 w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme m\u00e9i l\u00e1i?<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span> z\u011bnme<\/td><td>Surprise or mild complaint \u2014 &#8220;how come?!&#8221; More casual; you may not expect a full answer.<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f60\u600e\u9ebc\u6c92\u4f86\uff1f<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4f60\u600e\u4e48\u6ca1\u6765\uff1f<\/span> N\u01d0 z\u011bnme m\u00e9i l\u00e1i?<\/td><\/tr>\n  <\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">5<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme goes before the verb (or at the very start), never at the end like English &#8220;why&#8221; sometimes does in speech.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">A sentence with <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme is already a question, so don&#8217;t add <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u55ce<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5417<\/span> ma at the end.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">6<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Practice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>How would you say these in Chinese? Tap each card to check your answer.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">01<\/span>Why are you so tired?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"ans-hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u9ebc<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d2f<\/span><rt>l\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u4e48<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d2f<\/span><rt>l\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">02<\/span>Why didn&#8217;t he come to class?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"ans-hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c92<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ab2<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6ca1<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bfe<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">03<\/span>Why do you like drinking coffee?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"ans-hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559d<\/span><rt>h\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559d<\/span><rt>h\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">04<\/span>Why is this so expensive?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"ans-hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u9ebc<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb4<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u4e48<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d35<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">05<\/span>Why is she crying?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"ans-hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54ed<\/span><rt>k\u016b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt><\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"pnum\">06<\/span>Because it&#8217;s raining, 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When: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span> sh\u00e9nme, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8ab0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8c01<\/span> sh\u00e9i &amp; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ec0\u9ebc\u6642\u5019 sh\u00e9nme sh\u00edh\u00f2u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019 sh\u00e9nme sh\u00edhou<\/span><\/span><span class=\"level\">(HSK 1)<\/span><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"cta-strip\">\n    <p>Enjoyed this post? 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