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怎么

zěn me

HSK 1 2-character word Traditional 怎麼

What 怎么 means

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

Other readings

怎么 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zěn mevariant of {怎么|zěn me}

The characters in 怎么

• 怎zěnhow
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么

Example sentences

• 怎么会有
  Zěnme huì yǒu
  Why would there be?
• 怎么了？
  What's the matter?
• 怎么样？
  How?
• 怎么呀？
  How?
• 怎么办！
  And how!
• 你怎么样？
  How about you?

Words starting with 怎么

• 怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?; how was it?
• 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?

Words containing 怎么

• 不怎么bù zěn menot very; not particularly
• 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 ...