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怎么
zěnme
Main
English Definitionhow?; what?; why?
Simplified Script怎么
Traditional Script怎麼
Pinyinzěnme
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping)zam2mo1
Part of Speech(疑问代) question pronoun
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2
Word Decomposition
zěnhow
mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么, what?, indefinite 这么 thus, etc

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Words With Same Head Word    
怎样zěnyànghow; what kind
怎生zěnshēnghow; why
Words With Same Tail Word    
什么shénmewhat?; something; anything
甚么shénmevariant of 什麼
为什么wèi shénmewhy?; for what reason?
那么nàmelike that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case
这么zhèmeso much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
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