Read Edit View history 怎麼 zěnme HSK1 how Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 怎么 怎麼 zěnme variant 怎麽 how how; by what means; in what way why why; how come; for what reason any Used in negative sentences with words like 不 bù or 没 méi to mean "not very" or "not much". something Used to refer to something indefinitely or vaguely, often in negative or interrogative contexts whatever Used as a placeholder for any manner or way, often in mirrored structures 怎么 怎麼 zěnme what (exclamation) Used at the beginning of a sentence to express surprise, meaning "What!" or "How!" what (interrogative) Used to ask what is wrong or what is happening, often followed by the particle le. however Used to mean "however", "whatever", or "no matter how" in sentences where two parts of the sentence mirror each other or when followed by 也 yě or 都 dōu. Frequency Movie subtitles 2658.0 per million appears in 99% of films Written text 462.5 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1 Cross-References See 了 le不 bù没 méi也 yě都 dōuSame as 安 ān乌 wū咋 zǎ肿么 zhǒngmeReferenced by 怎么了 zěnmele怎 zěnSynonym 怎生 zěnshēng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
怎么 怎麼 zěnme variant 怎麽 how how; by what means; in what way why why; how come; for what reason any Used in negative sentences with words like 不 bù or 没 méi to mean "not very" or "not much". something Used to refer to something indefinitely or vaguely, often in negative or interrogative contexts whatever Used as a placeholder for any manner or way, often in mirrored structures 怎么 怎麼 zěnme what (exclamation) Used at the beginning of a sentence to express surprise, meaning "What!" or "How!" what (interrogative) Used to ask what is wrong or what is happening, often followed by the particle le. however Used to mean "however", "whatever", or "no matter how" in sentences where two parts of the sentence mirror each other or when followed by 也 yě or 都 dōu. Frequency Movie subtitles 2658.0 per million appears in 99% of films Written text 462.5 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1 Cross-References See 了 le不 bù没 méi也 yě都 dōuSame as 安 ān乌 wū咋 zǎ肿么 zhǒngmeReferenced by 怎么了 zěnmele怎 zěnSynonym 怎生 zěnshēng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)