怎么着
zěn me zhāo
Pinyin

Definition

怎么着
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zěn me zhāo
  1. what?
  2. how?
  3. how about?
  4. whatever
  5. also pr. [zěn me zhe]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

怎样
zěn yàng
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what kind
怎么
zěn me
  1. 1 how?
  2. 2 what?
  3. 3 why?
怎
zěn
  1. 1 how
怎么回事
zěn me huí shì
  1. 1 what's the matter?
  2. 2 what's going on?
  3. 3 how could that be?
  4. 4 how did that come about?
  5. 5 what's it all about?
怎么样
zěn me yàng
  1. 1 how?
  2. 2 how about?
  3. 3 how was it?
  4. 4 how are things?
怎么办
zěn me bàn
  1. 1 what's to be done
著
zhù
  1. 1 to make known
  2. 2 to show
  3. 3 to prove
  4. 4 to write
  5. 5 book
  6. 6 outstanding
著名
zhù míng
  1. 1 famous
  2. 2 noted
  3. 3 well-known
  4. 4 celebrated
卓著
zhuó zhù
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 eminent
  3. 3 brilliant
原著
yuán zhù
  1. 1 original work (not translation or abridged)
合著
hé zhù
  1. 1 to write jointly
  2. 2 to co-author
名著
míng zhù
  1. 1 masterpiece
土著
tǔ zhù
  1. 1 aboriginal
土著人
tǔ zhù rén
  1. 1 indigenous person
  2. 2 aboriginal
专著
zhuān zhù
  1. 1 monograph
  2. 2 specialized text
巨著
jù zhù
  1. 1 monumental (literary) work
怎生
zěn shēng
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 why
怎能
zěn néng
  1. 1 how can?
怎么了
zěn me le
  1. 1 What's up?
  2. 2 What's going on?
  3. 3 What happened?
怎么着
zěn me zhāo
  1. 1 what?
  2. 2 how?
  3. 3 how about?
  4. 4 whatever
  5. 5 also pr. [zěn me zhe]

Idioms (5)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
  1. 1 notorious (idiom)
  2. 2 infamous
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
  1. 1 to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
见微知著
jiàn wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop

Sample Sentences

就是说啊，多简单的一件事儿啊，我三分钟就能搞定，你猜他怎么着？
jiùshìshuō ā ，duō jiǎndān de yī jiàn shìr ā ，wǒ sān fēnzhōng jiù néng gǎodìng ，nǐ cāi tā zěnmezhe ？
Exactly, what a simple task. I could do it in three minutes. Can you guess what happened?
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喂，你们俩太不够朋友了！再怎么着，也没有我买房下的血本大吧。
wèi ，nǐmen liǎ tài bù gòupéngyou le ！zài zěnmezhe ，yě méiyǒu wǒ mǎi fáng xià de xuèběn dà ba 。
Well! You two are not true friends! No matter what you have to spend, it still won't compare to the fortune I have to spend on buying a house.
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