何為

何为
héwéi
  1. what is
  2. (old) what for
  3. (in a rhetorical question) it's no use

CEDICT

old

Homographs

何為 héwèi (old) why

Entry Composition

1 何 hé
  1. what
  2. how
  3. why
  4. which
  5. carry
2 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)