Learn Chinese Grammar - How to use 哪里是为了?

他哪里是为了你好，他明明是害了你。

What is  哪里 here means?

Answer:

哪里 here is used for a rhetorical question to express negation, it means "不".

Example 1:

Does he do this for your good? (Rhetorical question) He obviously hurts you.

他哪里是为了你好？他明明是害了你。

He doesn't do this for your good, He obviously hurts you.

他不是为了你好，他明明是害了你。

Example 2:

Do I do this because the job? (Rhetorical question) Today the special purpose I come here is to visit you.           

我哪里是为了工作？我今天是特地来看你的。

I don't do this because the job, today the special purpose I come here is to visit you.   

我不是为了工作，我今天是特地来看你的。

Example 3:

Is this for the kids? (Rhetorical question) It's obviously for yourself.

这哪里是为了孩子？明明是为了自己。

This is not for the kids, it's obviously for yourself.

这不是为了孩子，明明是为了自己。

Now, the other grammar form : 哪里是为了+ Verb + 才 + ......

Example 1:

Does he just come here to find you because the job? (Rhetorical question) He definitely has another reason.

他哪里是为了工作才来找你的？他肯定有其他理由。

He doesn't just come here to find you because the job. He definitely has another reason.

他不是为了工作才来找你的。他肯定有其他理由。