| 怎 | [ zěn ] how |
| 怎一個愁字了得 | [ zěn yī gè choú zì dé ] (last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4]), how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"?, how can words express such sadness? |
| 怎樣 | [ zěn yàng ] how, what kind |
| 怎生 | [ zěn shēng ] how, why |
| 怎的 | [ zěn de ] what for, why, how |
| 怎能 | [ zěn néng ] how can? |
| 怎麼 | [ zěn me ] how?, what?, why? |
| 怎麼了 | [ zěn me le ] What's up?, What's going on?, What happened? |
| 怎麼回事 | [ zěn me huí shì ] what's the matter?, what's going on?, how could that be?, how did that come about?, what's it all about? |
| 怎麼得了 | [ zěn me dé ] how can this be?, what's to be done?, what an awful mess! |
| 怎麼搞的 | [ zěn me gaǒ de ] How did it happen?, What's wrong?, What went wrong?, What's up? |
| 怎麼樣 | [ zěn me yàng ] how?, how about?, how was it?, how are things? |
| 怎麼著 | [ zěn me zhaō ] what?, how?, how about?, whatever, also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] |
| 怎麼說呢 | [ zěn me shuō ne ] Why is that?, How come? |
| 怎麼辦 | [ zěn me bàn ] what's to be done |
| 怎麽 | [ zěn me ] variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5] |
| 怎麽了 | [ zěn me le ] variant of 怎麼了|怎么了[zen3 me5 le5] |
| ⇒ 不怎麼 | [ bù zěn me ] not very, not particularly |
| ⇒ 不怎麼樣 | [ bù zěn me yàng ] not up to much, very indifferent, nothing great about it, nothing good to be said about it |
| ⇒ 不管怎樣 | [ bù guǎn zěn yàng ] in any case, no matter what |
| ⇒ 再怎麼 | [ zaì zěn me ] no matter how ... |
| ⇒ 此話怎講 | [ cǐ huà zěn jiǎng ] How do you mean?, How could that be the case?, How so? |
