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怎么样

怎么样 zěnmeyàng

怎么样 zěnmeyàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 怎么样 zěnmeyàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zěnmeyàng | zen3 me5 yang4
English translation
how?
how about?
how was it?
how are things?

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Traditional form

怎麼樣

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí
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Etymology of 怎么样 zěnmeyàng

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zěn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and zuò represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

zhà

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

乍心

Number of Strokes

9

Explanation

Variant form of yāo . In simplified Chinese is also used to mean "[particle]", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character me .

Positional decomposition

丿厶

Number of Strokes

3
yàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Yáng represents the sound. Simplified form of yàng .

Phonetic compound

Yáng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

木羊

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 怎么样 zěnmeyàng

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各处 gè chù 溜溜 guàng guàng ,看看 kàn kan 景色 jǐngsè 怎么样 zěnmeyàng ?

How'd you like to stroll around for a while and see the sights?

尼克松 Ní kè sōng yòng shǒu zhǐ zhāo 目瞪口呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi de 赖特 Lài tè shuì : “ 怎么样 zěnmeyàng , 比尔 Bǐ ěr , 同意 tóngyì le ? ”

Nixon pointed his finger at the startled Fulbright and said, " OK, Bill, agreed? "

这个 zhè ge 构思新颖 de zhú zhì shǒu xiù 壁挂 bì guà 怎么样 zěnmeyàng ?

How about this hand - embroidered tapestry with a new design of bamboo?

振作 zhèn zuò 一点 yī diǎn , 老家伙 lǎo jiā huo , " de 朋友 péngyou duì zhāo 他的耳朵 ěrduo 低声 dī shēng shuì , " 不管 bùguǎn 怎么样 zěnmeyàng ,我们 wǒmen dōu yāo 一趟那里 nà li .

" Cheer up, old man, " whispered his companion. " We'll go around , anyhow.

shuí 知道 zhīdào 我们 wǒmen 将来 jiānglái huì 怎么样 zěnmeyàng ?

Who knows what the future has in store for us?

怎么样 zěnmeyàng Decomposition

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怎么样 zěnmeyàng Compounds

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