怎
zěn
how
你怎么知道这件事？
nǐ zěn me zhī dào zhè jiàn shì ？
How do you know about this matter?
他怎么还没有回来？
tā zěn me hái méi yǒu huí lái ？
How is it that he still hasn't come back?
Words with 怎
怎么办
zěn me bàn
what's to be done
怎么回事
zěn me huí shì
what's the matter?
不怎么
bù zěn me
not very
不怎么样
bù zěn me yàng
not up to much
不管怎样
bù guǎn zěn yàng
in any case; no matter what
再怎么
zài zěn me
no matter how ...
怎一个愁字了得
zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé
(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4])
怎奈
zěn nài
(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
怎样
zěn yàng
how
怎生
zěn shēng
how
怎的
zěn de
what for
怎能
zěn néng
how can?