怎麼了

See also: 怎么了

Chinese

		how; how come; why	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (怎麼了)		怎麼	了
simp. (怎么了)		怎么	了

Alternative forms

• 咋了, 怎麼啦／怎么啦, 咋啦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zěnme le

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ˙ㄌㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² mo¹ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnme le
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊ le̊
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-mê⁵ lê⁵
    • Yale: dzěn-me le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.me .le
    • Palladius: цзэньмэ лэ (czɛnʹmɛ lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ lə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² mo¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: jám mō líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² mo¹ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² mo¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Interjection

怎麼了

1. What happened?; What's wrong?

   你看起來很沮喪，怎麼了？ [MSC, trad.]
   你看起来很沮丧，怎么了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kànqilai hěn jǔsàng, zěnme le? [Pinyin]

   You look depressed, what's up?

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 發生咗咩事呀 (faat3 sang1 zo2 me1 si6 aa3, “What happened?”)