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zěn

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Definitions

  1. 1. how

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Words Containing 怎

不怎么
bù zěn me

not very

不怎么样
bù zěn me yàng

not up to much

怎样
zěn yàng

how

怎么
zěn me

how?

怎么样
zěn me yàng

how?

怎么办
zěn me bàn

what's to be done

不管怎样
bù guǎn zěn yàng

in any case

再怎么
zài zěn me

no matter how ...

怎一个愁字了得
zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé

(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[shēng shēng màn] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[lǐ qīng zhào])

怎生
zěn shēng

how

怎的
zěn de

what for

怎能
zěn néng

how can?

怎么了
zěn me le

What's up?

怎么回事
zěn me huí shì

what's going on?

怎么得了
zěn me dé liǎo

how can this be?

怎么搞的
zěn me gǎo de

How did it happen?

怎么着
zěn me zhāo

what?

怎么说呢
zěn me shuō ne

Why is that?

此话怎讲
cǐ huà zěn jiǎng

How do you mean?

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