🇨🇳 How to say

“how” in Chinese

怎么zěnme
Illustration of "how" in a Chinese cultural setting
A tourist stands on a busy city street corner, looking confused at a map while holding a smartphone. They approach a loc…

Usage note

怎么 is the most common way to ask 'how' for methods and procedures in daily life. Unlike English, it often comes before the verb when asking how to do something, making sentence structure quite straightforward for beginners.

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