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怎

zěn

HSK 1 Character

What 怎 means

1. how

Example sentences

• 怎么会有
  Zěnme huì yǒu
  Why would there be?
• 怎幺了？
  What's the matter?
• 怎幺办?
  What am I to do now?
• 怎么了？
  What's the matter?
• 怎么样？
  How?
• 怎么呀？
  How?

Words starting with 怎

• 怎么zěn mehow?; what?; why?
• 怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?; how was it?
• 怎样zěn yànghow; what kind
• 怎么办zěn me bànwhat's to be done
• 怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?
• 怎能zěn nénghow can?
• 怎的zěn dewhat for; why; how
• 怎生zěn shēnghow; why
• 怎奈zěn nài(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
• 怎么了zěn me leWhat's up?; What's going on?; What happened?
• 怎么着zěn me zhāowhat?; how?; how about?
• 怎么得了zěn me dé liǎohow can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!
• 怎么说呢zěn me shuō neWhy is that?; How come?
• 怎么搞的zěn me gǎo deHow did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?
• 怎一个愁字了得zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé…

Words containing 怎

• 不怎么bù zěn menot very; not particularly
• 不管怎样bù guǎn zěn yàngin any case; no matter what
• 不怎么样bù zěn me yàngnot up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it
• 再怎么zài zěn meno matter how ...
• 此话怎讲cǐ huà zěn jiǎngHow do you mean?; How could that be the case?; How so?

Characters that look like 怎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 思sīto think; to consider
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 恳kěnearnest
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)