怎 (zam2 | zen3) : why?; how?; what?

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怎

zam2

zen3

why?; how?; what?

[synonym] 如何

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

怎

This word has been viewed 7545 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Aug 2013 00:51

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怎麼 zam2 mo1 zen3 me5 = how? 國

怎樣 zam2 joeng6 zen3 yang4 = how? 國

怎麼做 zam2 mo1 zou6 zen3 me5 zuo4 = how to do 國

怎麼辦 zam2 mo1 baan6 zen3 me5 ban4 = how to do 國

怎樣做 zam2 joeng6*2 zou6 zen3 yang4 zuo4 = how to do 國

怎辦 zam2 baan6 zen3 ban4 = how to do 國

不怎麼樣 bat1 zam2 mo1 joeng6*2 bu4 zen3 me5 yang4 = nothing much 國

怎麼著 zam2 mo1 zoek6 zen3 me5 zhe5 = variant of 怎麼着國

怎麼着 zam2 mo1 zoek6 zen3 me5 zhe5 = what about; whatever 國

怎樣辦 zam2 joeng6*2 baan6 zen3 yang4 ban4 = how to do 國
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Showing all 3 examples containing 怎

北京的天氣怎麼樣？國
How's the weather in Beijing?

怎麼回事？國
What's going on? [Literally: How is the result?]

這本小說不怎麼樣。國
This novel isn't up to much.
[怎麼樣 can be used in the negative to mean "(not) well enough" or "(not) up to much". ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 怎
Unicode code for this character: U+600e (off-site link)

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