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Word Number 5

how

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Primary Chinese

怎么

Primary Pinyin

zěn me

Short Definition

A question token asking about manner, method, or means.

Primary Meaning

询问方式或方法

Primary Note

Manner-focused question word.

Mapping Boundary

Correct: You how go school → 你怎么去学校?

Incorrect: How you go school as the stored Chinglish order.

怎么 appears after the subject in Chinese.

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