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怎么

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zěn me

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Definitions

  1. 1. how?
  2. 2. what?
  3. 3. why?

Example Sentences

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你 怎么 拼“pretty”?
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怎么 办?
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怎么 样?
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Words Containing 怎么

不怎么
bù zěn me

not very

不怎么样
bù zěn me yàng

not up to much

怎么样
zěn me yàng

how?

怎么办
zěn me bàn

what's to be done

再怎么
zài zěn me

no matter how ...

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?

Child Words of 怎么

怎
zěn

how

么
má

exclamatory final particle

么
ma

interrogative final particle

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