Writing
怎么办 (zěn me bàn) — how to say "what to do" in Chinese
怎么办
What to do
Character composition
怎
how
么
particle
办
to do
Radicals / Keys
心
Heart
#61 · xīn · 4 strokes
丿
Slash
#4 · piě · 1 stroke
力
Power
#19 · lì · 2 strokes
Collocations
不知道怎么办
bù zhī dào zěn me bàn
Not know what to do.
Examples
这个问题怎么办才好？
How should we handle this problem?
怎么办？
What to do?
Mnemonic
[zěn me bàn-] sounds like "Zen me ban", as if a turtle named Zen mutters, "Zen, meh, ban!" Her favorite lettuce leaf was blown away by the wind, and she looks around helplessly. "怎么办?" thinks Zen, not knowing what to do now.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say "what to do" in Chinese?
"what to do" in Chinese is 怎么办 (zěn me bàn).
Zen me ban meaning in English
怎么办 (zěn me bàn) means "What to do".
How is 怎么办 pronounced?
It is pronounced zěn me bàn (written as zen me ban, zenmeban). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "what to do" in Chinese characters?
It is written 怎么办: 怎 has 9 strokes, 么 has 3 strokes, 办 has 4 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK 3.0 level is 怎么办?
怎么办 is on the HSK 3.0 level 3 word list. It is not part of the six-level HSK 2.0 lists.
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