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怎么 (怎麼)
  • [zěnme]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

怎么 [zěnme]
  1. 1. pronoun
    你看这事我该怎么办？
    What do you think I should do about this?
    你昨天怎么没来上课？
    Why weren't you in class yesterday?
    这到底是怎么一回事？
    What on earth has happened here?
  2. 2. adverb [泛指方式]
    他愿意怎么办就让他怎么办。
    Let him do it however he wants.
    我是怎么想就怎么说。
    I say whatever I think.
    他最近怎样 ？
    How has he been doing?
  3. 3. adverb [表示程度]
    他今天不怎么高兴。
    He's not that happy today.
    这本书不怎么好看。
    This book isn't that interesting.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

怎么 [zěnme]
  1. 1. how; what; why
    我怎么没听说过这事儿？
    How come I never heard of it?
    你怎么啦？
    What's the matter with you? or Why, is anything the matter?
    你怎么搞的！
    See what you've done!
  2. 2. in a certain way; in any way; no matter how
    不知道怎么一来我就滑倒了。
    Somehow I slipped and fell.
    他把怎么来怎么去都告诉了大家。
    He told us everything, from beginning to end.
  3. 3. (used in the negative as an understatement) (not) very; (not) much; (not) quite; (not) too
    那个不怎么贵。
    That's not very expensive.
    他不怎么说话。
    He doesn't talk much.
    今天我不怎么舒服。
    I'm not quite well today.
  4. 4. (used by itself at the beginning of a sentence to show surprise) what
    怎么，他还没来吗？
    What? Isn't he here yet?
    怎么连你都不知道！
    What? Even you don't know it!

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

怎么 [zěnme]
  1. 1. 代 询问方式、原因、性状等
    这事该怎么办？。
    他怎么没来上课？。
    这是怎么一回事？
  2. 2. 代 用于虚指
    不知道怎么一来就病倒了。
    这个字怎么读、怎么写、怎么讲，他都知道。
  3. 3. 代 用于任指
    这块表怎么修也修不好。
    该怎么办就怎么办。
  4. 4. 代 表示反问或感叹
    这怎么行呢？。
    这场球输得怎么那么惨呢？
  5. 5. 代 用于否定句，表示一定程度
    这里的情况，我不怎么了解。
    今天不怎么舒服。
  6. 6. 代 作谓语，询问状况
    你怎么啦？。
    今天怎么了，那么多人迟到？
  7. 7. 代 用于句首，稍加停顿，表示惊讶
    怎么，今年又没考上！。
    怎么，才几年的工夫，家乡变化这么大！
  8. 8. 表示征询意见时，应该用"怎样"或"怎么样"，不能用"怎么"。如"我先去，你再去，怎样(怎么样)？"
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他的英语怎么样？ —不怎么样。
Is his English any good? —It doesn't amount to much.
你要有决断，你认为怎么办好就怎么办。
You must be resolute and do what you think best.
你爱怎么着就怎么着，关我屁事！
Do as you please. I don't care a damn.
人家怎么样做，你也怎么样做。
Do as everybody does.
你不能想怎么着就怎么着。
You can't just do what (or as) you please.
这孩子怎么了，平常挺活泼的今天怎么发苶了？
The child used to be lively, why does he seem so spiritless today?
我是怎么想就怎么说。
I say whatever I think.
她怎么整天唉声叹气，愁眉苦脸的？
Why is she looking so depressed and sighing all the time?
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Collocations

怎么解决
how to deal with
怎么办
how to
怎么回事
how come
不怎么难
not very difficult
不怎么会
not very good at

Word Decomposition

怎 play
[zěn] 		+ 么 play
[me]

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行程 [xíngchē]

  • 1.drive a vehicle
  • 2.line; row; rank | trade; …
  • 3.go; walk; travel; cover
  • 4.go; walk; travel; cover
  • 5.drive a vehicle

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nciku Note

Questions about degree with interrogative pronouns

Questions with interrogative pronouns: "怎么", "怎样" and "怎么样"

When ask character, degree, state or manner, one may use "怎么" zěnme, "怎样" zěnyàng, "怎么样" zěnmeyàng by putting them between subjects and predicates.
(1) 你怎么知道我在这儿？
Nǐ zěnme zhīdào wǒ zài Zhèr？
How do you know I'm here?

(2) 这个机器怎么操作？
Zhège jīqì zěnme cāozuò ？
How to operate this machine?

(3) 你是怎么样学会使用筷子的？
Nǐ shì zěnmeyàng xuéhuì shǐyòng kuàizi de ？
How did you learn to use chopsticks?

(4) 你是怎样找到他的？
Nǐ shì zěnyàng zhǎodào tā de ？
How did you find him?

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