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怎么样

Traditional: 怎麼樣

zěn me yàng

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Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

zěn me yàng · zam2 mo1 joeng6 (Jyutping)

  1. how?
  2. how about?
  3. how was it?
  4. how are things?

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

怎

Meaning
what? why? how?
Radical
心
Strokes
9
Components
⿱乍心
Cangjie
HSP
Four-corner
8033.1

么

Meaning
interrogative particle; small
Radical
丿
Strokes
3
Components
⿱丿厶
Cangjie
HI
Four-corner
2073.2

样

Meaning
shape, form, pattern, style
Radical
木
Strokes
10
Components
⿰木羊
Cangjie
DTQ
Four-corner
4895

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