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The word "怎么" is formed by combining the character "怎", composed of "乍" (suggesting suddenness) above "心" (meaning heart or mind), which implies a sudden mental question, with the character "么", a suffix functioning as a question particle, together creating an interrogative pronoun used to inquire about method or cause.

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你怎么学习中文？

Nǐ zěnme xuéxí Zhōngwén?

How do you study Chinese?

这个问题怎么解决？

Zhège wèntí zěnme jiějué?

How to solve this problem?

你怎么不知道这件事？

Nǐ zěnme bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì?

How come you don't know about this?

他怎么突然就生气了？

Tā zěnme tūrán jiù shēngqì le?

How did he suddenly get angry?

如果我们错过了航班，怎么办？

Rúguǒ wǒmen cuòguòle hángbān, zěnme bàn?

If we miss the flight, what should we do?

Word Definition - 怎么

zěn me how?; what?; why?; variant of 怎麼|怎么[zěn me]

Individual Character Details

怎 zěn
么 má, ma, me, mó, me