怎么 zěnme▶ cómo

Stroke order

怎么 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 怎 — 9 strokes
• 么 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. how?
2. what?
3. why?

Example sentences

• 这个字怎么读？Zhège zì zěnme dú?How do you read this character?
• 你怎么来学校？Nǐ zěnme lái xuéxiào?How do you get to school?

Related words

• 什么qué, por qué
• 怎么样qué tal, qué te parece
• 为什么por qué
• 多么tal

怎么 is pronounced zěnme and means “cómo”. It is part of the HSK 1 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 怎么 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.