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怎么
怎麼
zěnme
1.
how?
2.
what?
3.
why?
HSK 1
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (10)
不怎么
bùzěnme
not very
怎么了
zěnmele
What's up?
怎么样
zěnmeyàng
how?
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)
我的照相机被谁拿走了？怎么找不到了？
Wǒ de zhàoxiàngjī bèi shéi ná zǒu le? Zěnme zhǎo bú dào le?
Who took my camera away? Why can't I find it?
Text 1
上次女儿问我飞机是怎么起飞和降落的，真不知道该怎么回答她，她现在总是有各种各样的“为什么”。
Shàngcì nǚ'ér wèn wǒ fēijī shì zěnme qǐfēi hé jiàngluò de, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá tā, tā xiànzài zǒngshì yǒu gèzhǒng gèyàng de "wèishénme".
Last time my daughter asked me how airplanes take off and land, I really didn't know how to answer her. Now she always has all kinds of "whys".
Text 1
你咳嗽好点儿了吗？医生怎么说的？
Nǐ ké sou hǎo diǎnr le ma? Yīshēng zěnme shuō de?
Is your cough any better? What did the doctor say?
Text 2
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
人人都会使用语言，但是怎么用语言把话说好却是一门艺术。
Rénrén dōu huì shǐyòng yǔyán, dànshì zěnme yòng yǔyán bǎ huà shuō hǎo què shì yí mén yìshù.
Everyone can use language, but how to use language to speak well is an art.
Text 4
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
今天的羊肉很好吃，你怎么不吃了？
Jīntiān de yángròu hěn hǎo chī, nǐ zěnme bù chī le?
Today's lamb is delicious. Why did you stop eating?
Text 2
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