為什麼不直接付錢給湯姆？

Why didn't you just pay Tom?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
2 不直 bùzhí
  1. (literary) not only; not merely
  2. (literary) to not trust
  3. (literary) unfair; unjust
  4. not only; not merely
  5. to not trust
  6. unfair; unjust
3 接 jiē
  1. to receive
  2. to answer (the phone)
  3. to meet or welcome sb
  4. to connect
  5. to catch
  6. to join
  7. to extend
  8. to take one's turn on duty
  9. to take over for sb
4 付錢 fùqián to pay
=5 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=5 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
6 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)