你好
Nǐ hǎo
Hello
怎么 (zěnme) — how to say "how? in what way?" in Chinese
怎么
How? in what way?
Character composition
怎
how
么
particle
Radicals / Keys
心
Heart
#61 · xīn · 3 strokes
丿
Slash
#4 · piě · 1 strokes
Examples
你怎么去北京？我坐出租车。
How will you go to Beijing? I will take a taxi.
你怎么去北京
How will you go to Beijing?
Mnemonic
[zěnme-] Zen Master 🧘♂️ is meditating on a mountain when a cloud forms the character 怎么 "HOW" in the sky. Curious, Zen Master sees 怎么 ask the heavens how to achieve inner peace. With a deep breath, he suddenly understands, as if 怎么 showed him "how" in a mystical way.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say "how? in what way?" in Chinese?
"how? in what way?" in Chinese is 怎么 (zěnme).
What does 怎么 mean in English?
怎么 (zěnme) means "How? in what way?".
How is 怎么 pronounced?
It is pronounced zěnme (written as zenme). The page has audio recorded by a native speaker.
How do you write "how? in what way?" in Chinese characters?
It is written 怎么.
What HSK level is 怎么?
怎么 belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary list.
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