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何故
hé​gù

why

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
何故 hé​gù
why adverb
(literary) why; for what reason
reason
(literary) what reason or cause

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.55 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 为什么 wèi​shén​me
  • 为何 wèi​hé

Same as

  • 那般 nǎ​bān

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)