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怎么
怎麼
zěnme
1. how?
2. what?
3. why?
HSK 1

Character Breakdown

怎
zěn
what? why? how?
HSK 1 9 丶
么
me
interrogative particle
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (10)

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>]]
不怎么样
bùzěnmeyàng
not up to much
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?

Example Sentences (10)

客人就要来了，你怎么还不打扫房间啊？
Kè rén jiù yào lái le, nǐ zěnme hái bù dǎsǎo fángjiān a?
The guests are about to arrive—why haven't you cleaned the room yet?
Text 1
你怎么买了这么多东西啊？
nǐ zěnme mǎi le zhème duō dōngxi a?
Why did you buy so many things?
Text 3
这两天怎么没看见小张？
Zhè liǎng tiān zěnme méi kànjiàn Xiǎo Zhāng?
How come I haven't seen Xiao Zhang these past two days?
Text 4
你怎么有点儿不高兴？
Nǐ zěnme yǒu diǎnr bù gāoxìng?
Why are you a little unhappy?
Text 3
小明，你的眼睛怎么跟大熊猫一样了？
Xiǎomíng, nǐ de yǎnjing zěnme gēn dà xióngmāo yíyàng le?
Xiaoming, how come your eyes look like a giant panda's?
Text 4
你怎么还喝咖啡？
Nǐ zěnme hái hē kāfēi?
Why are you still drinking coffee?
Text 4
你看看手表，怎么迟到了？
Nǐ kàn kàn shǒubiǎo, zěnme chídào le?
Look at your watch, how come you're late?
Text 4
昨天你们怎么都没去打篮球？
Zuótiān nǐmen zěnme dōu méi qù dǎ lánqiú?
Why didn't any of you go play basketball yesterday?
Text 3
你妹妹怎么还没来？都八点四十了！
Nǐ mèimei zěnme hái méi lái? Dōu bā diǎn sì shí le!
Why hasn't your younger sister come yet? It's already 8:40!
Text 3
雨下得真大。你怎么回去？我送你吧。
Yǔ xià de zhēn dà. Nǐ zěnme huí qù?Wǒ sòng nǐ ba.
It's raining really hard. How will you get back? I'll give you a ride.
Text 3

Alternate Entries

怎么
zěnme
variant of [[怎麼|怎么<zěnme>]]
HSK 1

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