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怎么

/ zěnme /
Strokes

Definition

how?/what?/why?

Example

As a Pronoun

[used to enquire about the nature, condition, cause, etc of sth] how; what; why

1
Zhè
shì
zěnme
怎么
huí
shì
?

What's all this about?

2
zěnme
怎么
hái
huílai
回来
?

Why isn't he back yet?

3
guǒ
如果
le
fēi
飞机
zěnmebàn
怎么办
?

What if I miss the plane?

4
zěnme
怎么
néng
yàng
那样
duì
?

How could you have treated him like that?

5
Zěnme
怎么
?

What's up? / What's happening?

As a Pronoun

[used to indicate the nature, condition, manner, etc of sth]

6
zěnme
怎么
shuō
,
zěnme
怎么
bàn

Do as I tell you.

7
yuàn
愿意
zěnmebàn
怎么办
jiù
zěnmebàn
怎么办

Do it in any way you like.

As a Pronoun

[used in the negative to indicate degree]

8
Zhè
cáixué
才学
,
hái
zěnme
不怎么
huì
chàng

I have just started learning the song, and can't sing it well enough yet.

9
zěnme
不怎么
xiǎng

I don't quite feel like going.

10
zěnme
不怎么
ài
shuōhuà
说话

He is not very talkative.

11
zěnme
不怎么
hǎo

not very good; just so-so

As an Interjection

[used at the beginning of a sentence to show surprise] what

12
Zěnme
怎么
,
hái
méi
hǎo
?

What? Isn't he recovered yet?

13
Zěnme
怎么
,
lián
men
他们
dōu
juǎn
jìn
进去
le
?

What? Even they are involved?