怎麼

zěnme

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word

Adverb

怎麼 (zěnme) is a Chinese word meaning “how?”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

how?
what?
why?

Stroke order

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Example

這個字怎麼念？

How do you read this character?

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).