怎
么

How? in Chinese: 怎么 (zěn me)

zěn me

how?

HSK 1Traditional: 怎麼2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1how?
  2. 2what?
  3. 3why?

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怎
么

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ㄗㄣˇ

zěn

ㄗ/ zㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

˙ㄇㄜ

me

˙/ neutral toneㄇ/ mㄜ/ e

Simplified & traditional

怎么

Simplified

怎麼

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 怎么会有？

    zěn me huì yǒu？

    Why would there be?

  • 我怎么了?

    wǒ zěn me le?

    What'd I do?

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Related words

什么

shén me

what?

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

那么

nà me

like that

怎样

zěn yàng

how

这么

zhè me

so much

要么

yào me

or

怎么样

zěn me yàng

how?

为什么

wèi shén me

why?

干什么

gàn shén me

what are you doing?

没什么

méi shén me

nothing

什么样

shén me yàng

what kind?

怎么办

zěn me bàn

what's to be done

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