怎 zěn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
怎么
zěnme
how; why
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 你怎么来学校？ Nǐ zěnme lái xuéxiào? How do you get to school?
- 你怎么不认识他？ Nǐ zěnme bú rènshi tā? How come you don't know him?
- 你怎么了？ Nǐ zěnme le? What's wrong with you?
- 请问，怎么去车站？ Qǐngwèn, zěnme qù chēzhàn? Excuse me, how do I get to the station?
- 电脑怎么不动了？ Diànnǎo zěnme bú dòng le? Why has the computer frozen?
- 老师怎么还没来？ Lǎoshī zěnme hái méi lái? Why hasn't the teacher come yet?
- 她今天怎么不高兴？ Tā jīntiān zěnme bù gāoxìng? Why is she unhappy today?
- 你怎么知道我的名字？ Nǐ zěnme zhīdào wǒ de míngzi? How do you know my name?
- 你怎么没来上课？ Nǐ zěnme méi lái shàngkè? Why didn't you come to class?
- 你怎么不喝水呢？ Nǐ zěnme bù hē shuǐ ne? Why aren't you drinking water?
Related words
- 怎么办 zěnmebàn what to do
- 怎么样 zěnmeyàng how; how about
- 怎样 zěnyàng how
- 干什么 gàn shénme what for? what are you doing?
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 什么 shénme what
- 多么 duōme how very
- 那么 nàme so; that much
- 什么样 shénmeyàng what kind of
- 为什么 wèishénme why
- 这么 zhème so; this much
- 要么 yàome either... or...