怎麼樣

See also: 怎么樣

Chinese

		how; how come; why	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape
trad. (怎麼樣/怎麽樣)		怎麼/怎麽	樣
simp. (怎么样)		怎么	样

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zěnmeyàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² mo¹ joeng⁶ / zam² mo¹ joeng^6-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zên¹ mo² yong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnmeyàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊yàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-mê⁵-yang⁴
    • Yale: dzěn-me-yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.meyanq
    • Palladius: цзэньмэян (czɛnʹmɛjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnmeyàngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊yàngr
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-mê⁵-yang⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzěn-me-yàngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.meyanql
    • Palladius: цзэньмэянр (czɛnʹmɛjanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² mo¹ joeng⁶ / zam² mo¹ joeng^6-2
    • Yale: jám mō yeuhng / jám mō yéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² mo¹ joeng⁶ / dzam² mo¹ joeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² mo¹ yêng⁶ / zem² mo¹ yêng^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²/, /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zên¹ mo² yong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mo¹¹ iɔŋ⁵³/

Pronoun

怎麼樣

1. how; what; in what way

   你學習怎麼樣？／你学习怎么样？  ―  Nǐ xuéxí zěnmeyàng?  ―  How is your study?

   天氣怎麼樣？／天气怎么样？  ―  Tiānqì zěnmeyàng?  ―  How's the weather?

   要不然你想怎麼樣？ [MSC, trad.]
   要不然你想怎么样？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yàobùrán nǐ xiǎng zěnmeyàng? [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. how about; what about

   我們等下他們吧，怎麼樣？ [MSC, trad.]
   我们等下他们吧，怎么样？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen děng xià tāmen ba, zěnmeyàng? [Pinyin]

   Shall we wait for them?

3. (used in the negative or in rhetorical questions) (not) up to much

   他舞跳得不怎麼樣。 [MSC, trad.]
   他舞跳得不怎么样。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wǔ tiào de bù zěnmeyàng. [Pinyin]

   He's not much of a dancer.

   你能拿我怎麼樣？ [MSC, trad.]
   你能拿我怎么样？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ néng ná wǒ zěnmeyàng? [Pinyin]

   What can you do about me?

Synonyms

• (how):

Dialectal synonyms of 怎樣 (“how”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		如何, 何以, 若何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		如何, 怎樣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	怎麼樣兒, 怎樣兒
	Taiwan	怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
	Malaysia	怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
	Singapore	怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	怎麼樣
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	咋樣兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	咋個樣, 咋個樣子, 啷個樣, 啷個樣子
	Wuhan	麼樣, 麼樣子, 哪樣, 哪樣子
	Guilin	啷子樣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	怎們樣, 哪一個樣, 哪一個樣子
	Hefei	怎樣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點樣, 點
	Hong Kong	點樣, 點
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	點樣
	Macau	點樣, 點
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	點
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	點樣, 點樣做
	Foshan	點
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	點
	Foshan (Shunde)	點, 點樣
	Foshan (Sanshui)	點
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	點
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	點子
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	點子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	點子
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	點
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	點, 點樣
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	點, 點樣
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	點樣
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	點
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	點
	Taishan	幾何
	Singapore (Guangfu)	點樣, 點
Gan	Nanchang	啷樣, 啷
Hakka	Meixian	仰般, 仰仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仰般, 仰仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	仰仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	仰般
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	仰脣, 仰
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	仰般, 仰般形
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	仰子
Jin	Taiyuan	咋, 咋底
Northern Min	Jian'ou	何如, 何如事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	將樣, 蔣樣, 蔣其
Southern Min	Xiamen	按怎, 怎樣, 啥款
	Quanzhou	障仔, 怎樣, 按怎, 啥款
	Zhangzhou	按怎, 怎樣, 啥款
	Tainan	按怎, 怎仔樣, 怎樣仔, 啥款
	Penang (Hokkien)	按怎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按怎
	Manila (Hokkien)	障仔, 怎樣
	Chaozhou	在生樣, 乜生樣, 做呢
	Shantou	在生
	Jieyang	在生, 在生樣
	Haifeng	做呢, 做呢樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	做呢, 在生
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	哪, 哪樣
Wu	Shanghai	哪能, 哪能介, 哪能樣子
	Suzhou	捺亨
	Wenzhou	訾那, 訾那能
Xiang	Changsha	何是, 何裡
	Shuangfeng	麼家

• (how about): (formal) 如何 (rúhé)

Derived terms

• 不怎麼樣 / 不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 那又怎麼樣 / 那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng)

 

Interjection

怎麼樣

1. (colloquial) how's it going?; how are you?