為什麼

why? / for what reason?

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

what

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

what? / something / anything

exclamatory final particle

interrogative final particle

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

tiny / insignificant