Pronunciation
Pronoun
怎麽 (traditional, Pinyin zěnme, simplified 怎么))
- how
- 北京怎麽去？
- How do you get to Beijing?
- “native speaker”用中文怎麽說？
- How do you say "native speaker" in Chinese?
- 這是怎麽回事呀？
- How did this happen?
- in what way; what
- 我是怎麽跟你說的？
- What did I tell you?
- 你怎麽長時間哦？
- What took you so long?
- 閉嘴，我怎麼說你就怎麼辦！
- Shut up and do what I say!
- used to indicate a degree, usually of inadequacy or inferiority
- 我的女兒現在三歲，怎麽都還不怎麼會寫。
- My daughter is just three years old and cannot write anything very well.
- 我很喜歡唱歌，但是我還不怎麽會唱。
- I love singing, but I'm not very good at it.
- 我現在還不怎麽會打網球，可是在我的老師的教導下一定會提高我的水平！
- I'm not that great at tennis now, but I will definitely improve under my teacher's guidance!
Synonyms
Related terms
- 什麼 (shénme)
- 誰 (shéi)
- 什麼時候 (shénme shíhou)
- 哪裡 (nǎli)
- 哪兒 (nǎr)
Derived terms
- 愛怎麼怎麼著 (ài zěnme zěnme zhāo)
- 看怎麼說 (kàn zěnmeshuō)
- 怎麼辦 (zěnme bàn)
- 怎麼了 (zěnme le)
- 怎麼樣 (zěnmeyàng)
- 怎麼著 (zěnmezhe)