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怎么办

zěn me bàn

HSK 3.0 level 3 3-character word Traditional 怎麼辦

怎么办 (zěn me bàn) means "what should (I) do?". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 怎么办 means

1. what's to be done

The characters in 怎么办

• 怎zěnhow
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么
• 办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)…

Example sentences

• 怎么办！
  And how!
• 你打算怎么办？
  What do you plan to do?
• 我不知道该怎么办。
  I didn't know what to do.
• 那时我不知道该怎么办。
  Nàshí wǒ bù zhīdào gāi zěnmebàn.
  I didn't know what to do then.
• 当你爱的人不爱你怎么办？
  Dāng nǐ ài de rén bù ài nǐ zěnmebàn?
  What are you going to do when the one you love does not love you.
• 老婆打呼噜，我该怎么办？
  Lǎopó dǎhūlu, wǒ gāi zěnmebàn?
  What should I do if my wife snores?

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