為什麼你在爬這棵樹？

Why are you climbing this tree?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
=2 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=2 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
3 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
4 爬 pá
  1. to crawl
  2. to climb
  3. to get up or sit up
=5 這 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=5 這 zhèi (coll.) this
6 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
7 樹 shù
  1. tree
  2. to cultivate
  3. to set up

classifier: 棵