什麼原因讓你這麼早來這裡？

What made you come here so early?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 什麼 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
2 原因 yuányīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
  3. root cause
  4. reason

classifier: 個
3 讓 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)
=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 這麼 zhème
  1. so much
  2. this much
  3. how much?
  4. this way
  5. like this
6 早來 zǎolái to arrive early
7 這裡 zhèlǐ here