怎 (zěn) - How — interrogative word used to ask about & often used in questions.
怎 · zěn
How — interrogative word used to ask about manner, reason, or degree;
often used in questions.
How — interrogative word used to ask aboutoften used in questions.
Usage highlights
HowHow aboutHow could it beHow to doHow about itHow come
Usage & contexts
Examples
- How are you?(你好吗?)
- How is this done?(怎么做?)
- How could this happen?(怎么会这样?)
- How do you feel?(你感觉怎么样?)
Collocations
- How(怎么)
- How about(怎样)
- How could it be(怎么会)
- How to do(怎么做)
- How about it(怎么样)
- How come(怎会)
Idioms
- How can one bear it(怎堪)
- How can one not worry(怎不担忧)
- How can one not be moved(怎不动心)
Cultural background
FAQ- Used primarily in interrogative sentences to inquire about manner, method, or reason.
- Common in both spoken and written Chinese, appearing in various contexts from casual conversation to formal inquiry.
- Often combined with other question words to form common phrases like 怎么, 怎样, 怎么会.