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怎么

Traditional: 怎麼 · 怎麽

zěn me

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 1

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

zěn me · zam2 mo1 (Jyutping)

  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
  4. variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

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

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