怎么 - zěn me - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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怎麼 (怎么)

zěn me

Definition

how
你怎麼去北京？

How are you going to Beijing?
why
你怎麼生病了？

How did you get sick (= why are you sick)

你怎麼還沒起床？

Why aren't you in bed yet? (shows displeasure)

Character Decomposition

Related words (8)

怎麼辦

zěn me bàn

what's to be done; how to handle; what is to be done; what to do; what should be done

怎麼樣

zěn me yàng

how (about); how are things; what (colloquial); what is it like; what do you think; in a certain way; in any way; no matter how; how is that; is it ok

怎麼著

zěn me zhāo

what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]

怎麼回事

zěn me huí shì

what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?

怎麼得了

zěn me dé liǎo

how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!

不怎麼

bù zěn me

not much; not very; not particularly

no matter how ...

not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it

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