你为什么在这里坐着？ 你為什麼在這裡坐著？ 你為什麼在這裏坐着？

Why are you just sitting there?

Simplified

你为什么在这里坐着？

Traditional (Taiwan)

你為什麼在這裡坐著？

Traditional (Hong Kong)

你為什麼在這裏坐着？

Pinyin

Nǐ wèishénme zài zhèlǐ zuòzhe?

Bopomofo

ㄋㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄓㄜ？

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

Words in this sentence

• 你(nǐ)you
• 为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)why?
• 在(zài)exist
• 这(zhè)里(lǐ)here
• 坐(zuò)sit
• 着(zhe)aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by verdastelo9604, with the English translation by CK. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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