怎麼
Chinese
edithow | dimi. | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (怎麼/怎麽) | 怎 | 麼/麽 | |
simp. (怎么) | 怎 | 么 | |
alternative forms | 腫麼/肿么 slang |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zam2 mo1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zên1 mo2
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): za2 moh4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊
- Wade–Giles: tsên3-mê5
- Yale: dzěn-me
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.me
- Palladius: цзэньмэ (czɛnʹmɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, contraction)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄜㄇˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zěm
- Wade–Giles: tsêm3
- Yale: dzěm
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: zem3
- Palladius: цзэм (czɛm)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡səm²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zam2 mo1
- Yale: jám mō
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzam2 mo1
- Guangdong Romanization: zem2 mo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: za2 moh4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsá moh
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ moʔ²/
- (Teochew)
Adverb
edit怎麼 (chiefly Mandarin)
- how
- how come; why
- in what way; what
- used to indicate a degree, usually of inadequacy or inferiority
Synonyms
edit- (how; why): 怎生 (zěnshēng) (obsolete)
Dialectal synonyms of 怎麼 (“how”) [map]
Derived terms
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