Writing
怎么 (zěnme) — how to say "how? in what way?" in Chinese
怎么
How? in what way?
question word
How to use it
Goes where the answer would be; the word order doesn't change.
你怎么去？
nǐ zěn me qù
How will you go?
Character composition
怎
how
么
particle
Radicals / Keys
心
Heart
#61 · xīn · 4 strokes
丿
Slash
#4 · piě · 1 stroke
Synonyms
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).
怎么 meaning in English
怎么 (zěnme) means "How? in what way?".
How is 怎么 pronounced?
It is pronounced zěnme (written as zenme). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "how? in what way?" in Chinese characters?
It is written 怎么: 怎 has 9 strokes, 么 has 3 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 怎么?
怎么 belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary list.
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Grammar with 怎么
什么 — question words
什么 (shénme) / 什么时候 (shénme shíhòu) / 谁 (shéi) / 哪儿 (nǎr) / 为什么 (wèishéme) / 怎么 (zěnme)
怎么样 — how is it?
⋯⋯怎么样 (zěnmeyàng)？
怎么 — how to questions
怎么 (zěnme) + Action?
怎么 — asking why
怎么 (zěnme)⋯⋯？
不知道 — not knowing how to
Subj. + 不知道 (bù zhīdào) + Verb Phrase + 好 (hǎo)
万一 — what if
万一 (wànyī) + (Undesirable) Condition + 怎么办 (zěnme bàn)？