# 怎么 (zěnme)

In Mandarin Chinese, 怎么 (zěnme) means “how; why”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: how; why
- Pinyin: zěnme (zen3 me5)
- Traditional: 怎麼
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1

## Examples

- 这个字怎么读？
  Zhège zì zěnme dú?
  How do you read this character?

## Characters

- 怎 (zěn): how
- 么 (má): exclamatory final particle

https://hanziro.com/word/zen-me-how/

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