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HSK 1
怎么

HSK 1r

怎么

Traditional: 怎麼

zěn me

怎么 (zěn me) means “how?; what?; why?”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese word (traditional 怎麼) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

How to write 怎么

Example

怎么去？

Zěnme qù?

How to get there?

More HSK 1 vocabulary

爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs 八bāeight; 8 爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my 杯子bēi zicup; glass 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello 北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 怎么 mean?: 怎么 (zěn me) means “how?; what?; why?”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 怎么 pronounced?: 怎么 is pronounced “zěn me” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 怎么?: 怎么 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Updated: 2026-05-27