| 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what?; why? | |
| 怎样 | zěn yàng | how; what kind | |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 怎能 | zěn néng | how can? | |
| 怎么得了 | zěn me dé liǎo | how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess! |
| 1 | How have you been lately? | |
| 2 | How is the weather today? | |
| 3 | What should we do now? | |
| 4 | Why didn't he come? | |
| 5 | Hello, how have you been recently? |
