created sense approved 凭什么/憑什麼 · píngshénme · on what basis — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
凭什么 / 憑什麼
píngshénme
on what basis
Used in spoken language to indignantly ask for what reason or by what authority someone is doing something; for what reason; why.
凭 (literal) → 凭/憑 · píng · based on 什么 (literal) → 什么/什麼 · shénme · what
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition