怎么 zěnme▶ how

Traditional

怎麼

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?

Characters in 怎么

• 怎 zěn — how
• 么 me

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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what, why
• 怎么样how about
• 为什么why
• 多么such

怎么 is pronounced zěnme and means “how”.

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