怎麼 (zam2 mo1 | zen3 me5) : how?

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怎麼

zam2 mo1

zen3 me5

how? (Synonym: 如何; Cantonese: 點 (dim2))

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 7,060,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

怎麼 / 怎么

This word has been viewed 4321 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 8th Dec 2008 03:45

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Characters in this word:

怎 zam2 - why?; how?; what?
麼 mo1 - (suffix)

14 compounds containing this word:

怎麼做 - how to do
怎麼辦 - how to do
不怎麼樣 - nothing much
怎麼著 - variant of 怎麼着
怎麼着 - what about; whatever
怎麼搞 - how to do
怎麼幹 - how to do
不怎麼 - not very; not particularly
怎麼得了 - where will it all end; what a terrible thing it would be; this is one hell of a mess
怎麼樣 - how; what; how about
怎麼樣搞 - how to do
怎麼樣辦 - how to do
怎麼樣做 - how to do
怎麼樣幹 - how to do

Showing all 3 examples containing 怎麼

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". ]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

怎麽 zam2 mo1 zen3 me5 = how 國

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