How (in what way) with 怎么

Structure 怎么 + Verb

怎么 (zěnme) asks "how?", in what way something is done: 这个字怎么写？ = "how do you write this character?". It goes before the verb. Don’t confuse it with 怎么样 (which asks for an opinion): 怎么 is about the METHOD.

Examples

这zhè个ge字zì怎zěn么me写xiě？
How do you write this character?
去qù车chē站zhàn怎zěn么me走zǒu？
How do I get to the station?
这zhè个ge菜cài怎zěn么me做zuò？
How is this dish made?

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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