如何

rúhé

pronoun HSK 3 #330

Meanings

1 how; what way
2 what about; how about

Characters

what; how; which

Literally 'like what' — a more formal way to ask 'how'

Examples

你觉得如何？

Nǐ juéde rúhé?

What do you think?

如何解决这个问题？

Rúhé jiějué zhège wèntí?

How to solve this problem?

结果如何？

Jiéguǒ rúhé?

How was the result?

Tips

usage

如何 is more formal/written than 怎么 (zěnme). In spoken Chinese, 怎么 is far more common.

grammar

如何 can be placed before a verb (如何做) or after a subject (你如何看待). It's common in titles and headlines.

Stroke Order

如 rú

何 hé