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Character Decomposition
怎=乍+心
Etymology
heart
Meanings
how
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Words with 怎 36 total
what for · why · how怎的zěn de(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however怎奈zěn nàihow · why怎生zěn shēnghow · what kind怎样zěn yànghow can?怎能zěn nénghow? · what? · why?怎么zěn mewhat's to be done怎么办zěn me bànnot very · not particularly不怎么bù zěn meno matter how...再怎么zài zěn meWhat's up? · What's going on? · What happened?怎么了zěn me lehow? · how about? · how was it? · how are things?怎么样zěn me yàngwhat? · how? · how about? · whatever · also pr. zěn me zhe怎么着zěn me zhāonot up to much · very indifferent · nothing great about it · nothing good to be said about it不怎么样bù zěn me yàngin any case; no matter what不管怎样bù guǎn zěn yàngwhat's the matter? · what's going on? · how could that be? · how did that come about? · what's it all about?怎么回事zěn me huí shìhow can this be? · what's to be done? · what an awful mess!怎么得了zěn me dé liǎoHow did it happen? · What's wrong? · What went wrong? · What's up?怎么搞的zěn me gǎo deWhy is that?; How come?怎么说呢zěn me shuō neHow do you mean? · How could that be the case? · How so?此话怎讲cǐ huà zěn jiǎng(last line of the poem by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照) · how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? · how can words express such sadness?怎一个愁字了得zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé
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