How in Chinese
how · HSK 1
怎么
- 怎 how
- 么
Other ways to say how
More words with 怎 or 么
How do you say how in Chinese?
How in Chinese is 怎么 (zěn me). You can also say 怎么样 (zěn me yàng), 怎样 (zěn yàng), 多么 (duō me), 如何 (rú hé).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.