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怎
zěn
1. how
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

怎
zěn
what? why? how?
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (16)

怎么
zěnme
how?
HSK 1
怎么
zěnme
variant of [[怎麼|怎么<zěnme>]]
HSK 1
怎样
zěnyàng
how
怎生
zěnshēng
how
怎的
zěnde
what for
怎能
zěnnéng
how can?
不怎么
bùzěnme
not very
怎么了
zěnmele
What's up?
怎么样
zěnmeyàng
how?
HSK 1
怎么着
zěnmezhāo
what?
怎么办
zěnmebàn
what's to be done
怎么了
zěnmele
variant of [[怎麼了|怎么了<zěnmele>]]
怎么回事
zěnmehuíshì
what's the matter?
怎么得了
zěnmedéliǎo
how can this be?
怎么搞的
zěnmegǎode
How did it happen?
不怎么样
bùzěnmeyàng
not up to much

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
381
Word Frequency Rank
34 of 84,292

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