用這些錢你怎麼來的?

How did you come by this money?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
2 這些 zhèxiē these
=3 錢 Qián surname Qian
=3 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆
=3 錢 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool
=4 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=4 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.)
5 怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
6 來的 láide
  1. (regional, chiefly Cantonese-influenced Mandarin, colloquial) synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  2. at; in
  3. synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  4. to be at; to be in; to exist
  5. used to indicate the continuous aspect