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What to do in Chinese

what to do · HSK 3

怎么办 zěn me bàn

  1. 怎 zěn how
  2. 么 me
  3. 办 bàn to do

钥匙丢了,怎么办? I've lost my keys. What should I do?

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How do you say what to do in Chinese?

What to do in Chinese is 怎么办 (zěn me bàn).

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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