何为 Traditional form: 何為 Pinyin (reading): héwéi Definitions: what is (old) what for (in a rhetorical question) it's no use Characters: 何 - what, why, where, which, how 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be Traditional characters: 何 - what, why, where, which, how 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be