| 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 |
點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為乜嘢, 為咩, 因乜事, 因咩事, 咩事幹, 乜事幹 |
| 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, Xiangzhou) |
為乜嘢 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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 |
| Kuching (Hepo) |
做乜個 |
| 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 |
| Medan (Hokkien) |
何物事 |
| 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 |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
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, 做啥, 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 |