他殺人的動機是甚麼？

What's his motive for committing murder?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他殺 tāshā homicide (law)
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
=3 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 動機 dòngjī motive; motivation
=5 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=6 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=6 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=7 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=7 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=7 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=7 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant