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怎么回事

zěn me huí shì

4-character word Traditional 怎麼回事

What 怎么回事 means

1. what's the matter?
2. what's going on?
3. how could that be?
4. how did that come about?
5. what's it all about?

The characters in 怎么回事

• 怎zěnhow
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 你到底怎么回事嘛
  Nǐ dàodǐ zěnmehuíshì ma
  What has happened to you?
• 你到底怎么回事啊？
  Nǐ dàodǐ zěnmehuíshì ā?
  What exactly happened to you?