How to say "how" in Chinese

怎么
zěnmehowPart of speech: Adverbs

"how" in Chinese is 怎么 — pronounced zěnme.

Sentence patterns that use it

  • 怎么走?how do I get there?
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Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 怎么 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.

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