你為什麼需要這筆錢？

Why do you need this money?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 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.)
2 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
3 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
=4 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)
=4 這 zhèi (coll.) this
5 筆 bǐ
  1. brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
  2. (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
  3. (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character
  4. (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business
  5. (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

classifiers: 支, 枝
=6 錢 Qián surname Qian
=6 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆
=6 錢 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool