她昨天為甚麼不來？

What prevented her from coming yesterday?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
=3 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)
=3 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=4 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=4 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=5 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=5 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=5 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=5 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
6 不來 bùlái
  1. (as a complement) be unable to
  2. be unable to
  3. to not come