Chinese Notes

怎 zěn

zěn pronoun what?; why?; how?
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '怎'; Unihan '怎')
zě pronoun what?; why?; how?
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '怎' zě)

怎么搞的(怎麼搞的) How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up?
怎生 how; why
怎么办(怎麼辦) what's to be done
不怎么样(不怎麼樣) indifferent
怎么(怎麼) how
怎奈 nevertheless
怎样(怎樣) how
怎的 what for; why; how
怎能 how can?
怎么着(怎麼著) how; what
怎么说呢(怎麼說呢) Why is that?; How come?
怎么样(怎麼樣) how; how about; how was it; how are things
不怎么(不怎麼) not very; not particularly
怎么得了(怎麼得了) how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!
再怎么(再怎麼) no matter how ...
不管怎样(不管怎樣) in any case; no matter what
怎么回事(怎麼回事) what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?
怎么了(怎麼了) What's up?; What's going on?; What happened?

Truncated for common words