怎
么
样

How? in Chinese: 怎么样 (zěn me yàng)

zěn me yàng

how?

HSK 1Traditional: 怎麼樣2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1how?
  2. 2how about?
  3. 3how was it?
  4. 4how are things?

Stroke order

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怎
么
样

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ㄗㄣˇ

zěn

ㄗ/ zㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

˙ㄇㄜ

me

˙/ neutral toneㄇ/ mㄜ/ e

ㄧㄤˋ

yàng

ㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

怎么样

Simplified

怎麼樣

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 生活怎么样？

    shēng huó zěn me yàng？

    How's life?

  • 生意怎么样？

    shēng yì zěn me yàng？

    How's business?

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Related words

样

yàng

manner

什么

shén me

what?

怎么

zěn me

how?

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

一样

yī yàng

same

样子

yàng zi

appearance

样式

yàng shì

type

那么

nà me

like that

那样

nà yàng

that kind

同样

tóng yàng

same

怎样

zěn yàng

how

这么

zhè me

so much

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