MEANING/意义
    怎
      
  • zěn
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    how (emphatic) ; why (expressing surprise and bewilderment) 
    Type pronoun/代词  
        
    Topics  Single character
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 怎么...都...
      
      
    zěn me ... dōu ...
      
    sound for pinyin
    in any case; ... no matter how; ... (“Drink Wine“, by Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty) 

  • 怎么啦?
      
      
    zěn me la
      
    sound for pinyin
    What's up?; What happened?
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 怎么
      
    zěn me
      
    sound for pinyin
    how; why

  • 怎么
      
    zěn me
      
    sound for pinyin
    how?; why?; what?

  • 怎的
      
    zěn de
      
    sound for pinyin
    what for; (dialectal)  why

  • 怎能
      
    zěn néng
      
    sound for pinyin
    how can

  • 怎生
      
    zěn shēng
      
    sound for pinyin
    how (emphatic) ; why (lit. used in poetry or ancient Chinese) 

  • 怎样
      
    zěn yàng
      
    sound for pinyin
    how (emphatic) 

  • 怎么样
      
    zěn me yàng
      
    sound for pinyin
    how; how about; what do you think

  • 怎么办
      
    zěn me bàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    what to do; what is to be done?
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