何为

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

CEDICT

old

Homographs

何为 héwèi (old) why

Entry Composition

1 何 hé
  1. what
  2. how
  3. why
  4. which
  5. carry
=2 为 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)
=2 为 wéi variant of 为 wéi