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怎 zěn

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zěn | zen3
English translation
how
what? why? how?

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About 怎 zěn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

怎 zěn

Contains the radical

心 xīn

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 怎 zěn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱乍心

Semantic compound

心 xīn

Phonetic compound

乍 zhà

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 怎 zěn

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我 wǒ 把 bǎ 他们 tā men 的 de 聚会 jùhuì 弄 lòng 砸 zá 了 le ,这个 zhè ge 罪 zuì 可 kě 怎么 zěnme 赔 péi 得起呀 ya ?

How can I ever make amends for ruining their party?

跑 páo 出 chū 一 yī 里 lǐ 多 duō 地 de , 后面 hòumian 夸 kuā 了 le 他 tā 句 gōu : “ 怎么 zěnme 着 zhāo ,要 yāo 劲儿 jìn r 吗 mǎ ?

After one li, one of the young pullers praised him , " How're you feeling ? " " Tired? "

最好 zuìhǎo 是 shì 去 qù 做 zuò 个 gè 体检 tǐ jiǎn !干 gān 吃不饱 bǎo 怎么 zěnme 回 huí 事 shì ?

How does dry be on short commons return a responsibility?

爸爸 bàba ,我 wǒ 插 chā 一句 yī jù . 你 nǐ 怎么 zěnme 会 huì 搞 gǎo 错 Cuò 安 Ān 东 Dōng 和 hé 索非亚 Suǒ fēi yà ?

Lorelai: " I'm sorry . Dad, how do you mix up Anton and Sophia ? "

特迪摊 tān 开 kāi 双手 shuāng shǒu ,好象 hǎo xiàng 怎么 zěnme 说 shuì 并 bìng 不 bù 那么 nà me 要紧 yào jǐn 似的 shìde .

Teddy raised his hands as if the answer didn't matter.

Words with 怎 zěn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
怎么 zěnme how?怎麼
怎么样 zěnmeyàng how?怎麼樣
怎样 zěn yàng how怎樣
怎么办 zěn me bàn what's to be done怎麼辦
怎 zěn how怎 zěn
不管怎样 bù guǎn zěn yàng in any case不管怎樣
不怎么 bù zěn me not very不怎麼
怎么着 zěn me zhāo what?怎麼著
不怎么样 bù zěn me yàng not up to much不怎麼樣
怎生 zěn shēng how怎生 zěn shēng
怎么得了 zěn me dé liǎo how can this be?怎麼得了

怎 zěn Decomposition & Compounds

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怎 zěn Decomposition

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