怎 (zěn) means How. Below are 24 of the 43 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
哎，你 怎 么才来？
Āi, nǐ zěnme cái lái?
Hey, why are you only getting here now?
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 哎
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From the graded readers
她又问：“工作 怎 么样？”
tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"
Then she asked, "How's work?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
妈妈也来了。她说：“我 怎 么会忘呢？”
māma yě lái le / liǎo / liào. tā shuō:" wǒ zěnme huì wàng ne / ní?"
Mum came too. She said, "How could I forget?"
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我走过去问他：“请问，火车站 怎 么走？”
wǒ zǒu guòqù wèn tā:" qǐngwèn, huǒchēzhàn zěnme zǒu?"
I went over and asked, "Excuse me, how do I get to the station?"
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
From the travel phrasebook
质检 怎 么做？
Zhìjiǎn zěnme zuò?
How is quality control done?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
运费 怎 么算？
Yùnfèi zěnme suàn?
How is the shipping worked out?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
保险 怎 么算？
Bǎoxiǎn zěnme suàn?
How is the insurance calculated?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
地铁站 怎 么走？
Dìtiě zhàn zěnme zǒu?
How do I get to the metro station?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
包装是 怎 么样的？
Bāozhuāng shì zěnmeyàng de?
What's the packaging like?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
差评是 怎 么回事？
Chàpíng shì zěnme huí shì?
What's the story with the bad reviews?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
去人民广场 怎 么走？
Qù Rénmín Guǎngchǎng zěnme zǒu?
How do I get to People's Square?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
你们打算 怎 么处理？
Nǐmen dǎsuàn zěnme chǔlǐ?
How do you plan to handle this?
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
怎 appears in 43 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 怎
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Questions about 怎
How is 怎 used in a sentence?
This page shows 43 sentences using 怎 (zěn, "How"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 怎 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 怎 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 怎?
The dictionary page for 怎 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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