怎么

怎麼

zěnme

pronoun HSK 1 #55

Meanings

1 how
2 what
3 why

Characters

question suffix

Examples

你怎么去学校？

Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào?

How do you get to school?

怎么了？

Zěnme le?

What's wrong?

你怎么不吃？

Nǐ zěnme bù chī?

Why aren't you eating?

Tips

grammar

怎么 before a verb asks 'how': 怎么做 (how to do). Before 不/没, it asks 'why': 怎么不来 (why not come).

usage

怎么了 is one of the most useful phrases — it means 'What's wrong?' or 'What happened?'

Stroke Order

怎 zěn

么 me