怎么

怎麼

zěnme

pronoun HSK 1 #55

Meanings

1 how
2 what
3 why

Characters

question suffix

Examples

HSK 1

你怎么去学校？

Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào?

How do you get to school?

HSK 1

怎么了？

Zěnme le?

What's wrong?

HSK 1

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