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Chinese
how
to loosen; to untie; to explain
to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (點解
點
解
simp. (点解
点
解
Pronunciation
Pronoun
點解
( Cantonese ) why ?
點解 會 噉 嘅 ？[Cantonese , trad. 点解 会 噉 嘅 ？[Cantonese , simp. dim2 gaai2 wui5 gam2 ge2 ?[Jyutping] Why is it like this? Why does it have to be like this?
Usage notes
See 做咩#Usage notes .
Synonyms
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
何為 何以 何 何故 緣何 胡 奚 曷 胡為
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
為什麼 為何 因何 何以
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
為什麼 幹嗎 幹什麼
Taiwan
為什麼
Harbin
為啥
Malaysia
為什麼 做什麼 做麼
Singapore
為什麼 做什麼 做麼
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
為嘛
Jinan
為麼兒 為麼 幹麼兒 為什麼
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
為麼 為麼個
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
為啥 因啥
Xining
為啥
Xuzhou
為啥 擁啥 擁什麼
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
為啥
Lanzhou
為啥
Ürümqi
為啥
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
為啥子 做啥子
Wuhan
做麼事 為麼事
Guiyang
為哪樣 為些哪樣
Guilin
為什麼
Liuzhou
為什麼
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
為什麼
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
為什麼
Yangzhou
甚們事 做事 做啥 為甚們 formal
Hefei
怎搞 怎搞的
Cantonese
Guangzhou
點解 做乜 做乜嘢 為乜 為乜為物 做乜事幹 因乜事幹 因乜解究 因乜緣故 何解 乜 咩
Hong Kong
點解 做乜 做乜嘢 做咩 為乜 為咩 做乜事幹 因乜事幹 因乜解究 因咩解究 因乜緣故 何解 乜 咩
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
做乜嘢
Macau
為乜嘢
Guangzhou (Panyu)
點解
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
整乜嘢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
做乜嘢
Foshan
點解
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
點解
Foshan (Shunde)
為乜嘢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
因乜嘢 點解
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
點解
Zhuhai (Doumen)
點解
Jiangmen (Baisha)
點解
Taishan
幾何 幾解 做乜 為乜 乜頭路
Kaiping (Chikan)
幾解
Enping (Niujiang)
做乜
Dongguan
點解 做乜嘢 做乜 為乜嘢
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
點解
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
點解
Yangjiang
為乜 為乜事 做乜 做乜事 做乜嘢
Hepu (Lianzhou)
為物底
Qinzhou
為乜嘢 為乜
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
為乜底
Beihai
為乜嘢
Beihai (Nankang)
做乜嘢
Beihai (Yingpan)
為乜底
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
做乜嘢 為乜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
做乜嘢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
做乜嘢 為乜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
點解
Singapore (Guangfu)
點解
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
做乜嘢
Móng Cái
點解 為乜
Yangon (Taishan)
幾解
Gan
Nanchang
為什哩
Pingxiang
為咋個 為咋哩 做咋個 做咋哩 何解
Hakka
Meixian
做麼個
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
做乜嘢 做嘢
Dongguan (Qingxi)
做麼個
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
做麼個
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
仰解 做乜嘢
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
為乜嘢
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
為麼個
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
做麼個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
做麼個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
做麼個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
做麼個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
做麼個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
做麼個
Hong Kong
做麼個
Jin
Taiyuan
為甚 因為甚 幹什
Xinzhou
𠰻們
Northern Min
Jian'ou
為孰事 做孰事
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
蔣其 蔣講 做什乇 做什名 幹乜勢 傒勢
Fuzhou (Changle)
傒勢
Fuqing
介計
Yongtai
蔣其
Gutian
做什乇
Fu'an
做乜乇
Ningde
做乇
Shouning
做呢乇
Zhouning
做乜乇
Fuding
做哪乇
Matsu
為什乇 蔣其 蔣講 做什乇 傒勢
Southern Min
Xiamen
為什物 按怎 物代 敢咧 創什物
Quanzhou
按怎 物代
Jinjiang
為啥物
Zhangzhou
按怎
Zhao'an
為甚物
Dongshan
為甚物
Taipei
為啥物 是按怎
Penang (Hokkien)
何物事 做物事 做物
Singapore (Hokkien)
按怎
Manila (Hokkien)
敢哪 敢哪誌
Chaozhou
做呢
Shantou
做呢
Shantou (Chaoyang)
做呢
Singapore (Teochew)
做呢
Leizhou
作乜 因乜
Wenchang
作乜 因乜 怎作
Haikou
作乜 作個乜 作乜物 因乜 因個乜
Singapore (Hainanese)
作乜
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
為乜嘢
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
做門 做哪門 為哪門
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
為什個
Wu
Shanghai
啥體 為啥 啥講究 為啥體 啥個講究 啥道理 為啥道理 啥個路道 啥個緣故
Shanghai (Chongming)
為何 做何
Suzhou
為啥 為點啥 做啥 啥體 為啥體
Danyang
為點高 做點高
Hangzhou
為啥
Wenzhou
妝乜 為何呢 為乜事幹
Jinhua
為淡事幹 為待西
Xiang
Changsha
為麼子 何解
Xiangtan
奚解
Loudi
嗎介
Shuangfeng
為麼子 做麼子
See also
Phrase
點解
( Cantonese ) 呢 隻 字 點解 ？[Cantonese , trad. 呢 只 字 点解 ？[Cantonese , simp. nei1 zek3 zi6 dim2 gaai2 ? [Jyutping] What does this word mean ?請問 「JJ 」係 點解 ？[Cantonese , trad. 请问 「JJ 」系 点解 ？[Cantonese , simp. ceng2 man6 “JJ” hai6 dim2 gaai2 ? [Jyutping] Please tell me what "JJ" means . ( Cantonese ) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 點 ／ 点 ( diǎn ) , 解
呢 個 結 點解 ？[Cantonese , trad. 呢 个 结 点解 ？[Cantonese , simp. ne1 go3 git3 dim2 gaai2 ? [Jyutping] How is this knot untied ?