"为什么？"

Translation: Why?

[tanmanrico]

Why not?

[TarGrrrl]

Where I live (Southeastern US), a common colloquial equivalent to the question "Why?" is "What for?" -- which, interestingly, is closer to the Chinese literal meaning ("for what?").

So just for kix I tried it, but it was marked incorrect. I reported it as "my answer should have been accepted"; we'll see what happens.

[MichelleLinguist]

It's similar in many romance languages "Pourquoi", "Porque" etc.

[qviri]

Also Slavic, e.g. "почему́", "dlaczego"

[Tsen107548]

I wonder if Chinese parents experience:

Child: 为什么？
Parent: 因为
Child: 为什么？
Parent: 因为...
Child: 为什么？
Parent: 因为......
Child: 为什么？
Parent: <- twitch ->

[Tommifoo]

Y?

[GS_no.934]

Idk mate

[KychyTheKo]

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