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Keyword
how
  • what? why? how?
Frequency
#183
Strokes
9
Readings
zěn100%
Mnemonic
心 (heart) gives the meaning and 乍 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
怎么zěnme
how?; what?; why?
怎样zěnyàng
how; what kind
怎么样zěnmeyàng
how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
怎么办zěnmebàn
what's to be done
怎么回事zěnmehuíshì
what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
不怎么bùzěnme
not very; not particularly
不管怎样bùguǎnzěnyàng
in any case; no matter what
怎么着zěnmezhāo
what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. zěnmezhe
不怎么样bùzěnmeyàng
not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it
怎奈zěnnài
(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
怎么得了zěnmedéliǎo
how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!