问 · 怎么 How, and what do you think

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A one-page Chinese lesson from the HSK 2 set, filed under 问 · Question patterns. 怎么 asks the manner of doing something; 怎么样 asks for an opinion or a state.

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The source: 怎么 in the dictionary.

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