怎麼

See also: 怎麽 and 怎么

Chinese
how dimi.
trad. (怎麼/怎麽) 怎 麼/麽
simp. (怎么) 怎 么
alternative forms 腫麼／肿么 slang

Pronunciation

Adverb

怎麼 (chiefly Mandarin)

  1. how
    北京怎麼去？／北京怎么去？  ―  Běijīng zěnme qù?  ―  How do you get to Beijing?
    「動人」用英文怎麼說？ [MSC, trad.]
    「动人」用英文怎么说？ [MSC, simp.]
    “Dòngrén” yòng yīngwén zěnme shuō? [Pinyin]
    How do you say dòngrén in English?
    這是怎麼回事呀？ [MSC, trad.]
    这是怎么回事呀？ [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì zěnme huí shì ya? [Pinyin]
    How did this happen?
    怎麼會這樣呢？／怎么会这样呢？  ―  Zěnme huì zhèyàng ne?  ―  How could that be?
  2. how come; why
    他今天怎麼沒來上學？ [MSC, trad.]
    他今天怎么没来上学？ [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jīntiān zěnme méi lái shàngxué? [Pinyin]
    How come he didn't come to school today?
    你怎麼花了那麼長時間啊？ [MSC, trad.]
    你怎么花了那么长时间啊？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zěnme huā le nàme cháng shíjiān a? [Pinyin]
    Why did it take you so long?
  3. in what way; what
    我是怎麼跟你說的？ [MSC, trad.]
    我是怎么跟你说的？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ shì zěnme gēn nǐ shuō de? [Pinyin]
    What did I tell you?
    閉嘴，我怎麼說你就怎麼辦！ [MSC, trad.]
    闭嘴，我怎么说你就怎么办！ [MSC, simp.]
    Bìzuǐ, wǒ zěnme shuō nǐ jiù zěnme bàn! [Pinyin]
    Shut up and do what I say!
  4. used to indicate a degree, usually of inadequacy or inferiority
    我的女兒現在三歲，還都不怎麼會寫字。 [MSC, trad.]
    我的女儿现在三岁，还都不怎么会写字。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ de nǚ'ér xiànzài sān suì, hái dōu bù zěnme huì xiězì. [Pinyin]
    My daughter is just three years old and cannot write anything very well.
    我很喜歡唱歌，但是我還不怎麼會唱。 [MSC, trad.]
    我很喜欢唱歌，但是我还不怎么会唱。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ hěn xǐhuān chànggē, dànshì wǒ hái bù zěnme huì chàng. [Pinyin]
    I love singing, but I'm not very good at it.
    我現在還不怎麼會打網球，但是在老師的教導下，一定能提高我的水平！ [MSC, trad.]
    我现在还不怎么会打网球，但是在老师的教导下，一定能提高我的水平！ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiànzài hái bù zěnme huì dǎ wǎngqiú, dànshì zài lǎoshī de jiàodǎo xià, yīdìng néng tígāo wǒ de shuǐpíng! [Pinyin]
    I'm not that great at tennis now, but I will definitely improve under my teacher's guidance!

Synonyms
  • (how; why): 怎生 (zěnshēng) (obsolete)
Dialectal synonyms of 怎麼 (“how”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 何, 如何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 怎麼
Mandarin Beijing 怎麼
Taiwan 怎麼
Jinan 怎麼
Xi'an 咋, 咋樣兒
Wuhan 麼, 麼樣, 哪樣
Chengdu 咋, 咋個, 啷個
Chongqing 啷個
Yangzhou 井幹
Hefei 怎樣, 怎
Singapore 怎麼
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 咋, 咋的個, 咋麼, 咋麼個
Cantonese Guangzhou 點, 點樣
Hong Kong 點, 點樣
Taishan 幾何
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 點
Singapore (Guangfu) 點
Gan Nanchang 啷, 啷樣
Hakka Meixian 仰般, 仰仔
Wuhua (Meilin) 仰般
Heyuan (Bendihua) 仰來
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 仰般, 仰仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 仰仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 仰般
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 仰脣, 仰
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 仰般, 仰般形
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 仰子
Huizhou Jixi 采翹
Jin Taiyuan 咋, 咋底
Eastern Min Fuzhou 怎怎, 怎, 怎其
Fuqing 安難, 怎生
Singapore (Fuqing) 安難
Southern Min Xiamen 按怎, 怎影
Taipei 按怎
Penang (Hokkien) 按怎
Singapore (Hokkien) 按怎
Manila (Hokkien) 障仔, 按怎, 怎
Chaozhou 在生, 乜生, 做呢, 做物
Raoping 做呢
Shantou 做呢
Jieyang 做呢
Haifeng 做呢
Singapore (Teochew) 做呢, 做物
Batam (Teochew) 做呢物, 做物
Wenchang 怎作, 作乜
Haikou 咋作
Singapore (Hainanese) 怎作
Wu Shanghai 哪能
Suzhou 捺亨
Ningbo 咋, 咋貌, 咋貌介
Wenzhou 訾那, 訾那能
Xiang Changsha 何什, 何裡
Shuangfeng 麼家

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