how or what in Chinese

怎么怎麼

HSK 3.0 · Level 1

zěnme

how?
what?
why?

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Example sentences

zěnme 怎么 huì 会 fāshēng 发生 zhème 这么 qíguài 奇怪 de 的 shì 事？

How did such a strange thing come about?
nǐ 你 zěnme 怎么 cóng 从 nǐ 你 de 的 fángjiān 房间 lǐ 里 chūlái 出来？

How did you get out of your room?

Other words for how or what

争（爭） zhēng HSK 3

to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)

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