# 怎生
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zěnshēng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄕㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zam$^2$ sang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zěnshēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄕㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zěnsheng
*** Wade–Giles: tsên$^3$-shêng$^1$
*** Yale: dzěn-shēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeensheng
*** Palladius: цзэньшэн (czɛnʹšɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zam$^2$ sang$^1$
*** Yale: jám sāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzam$^2$ sang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zem$^2$ seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐm³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

### Adverb

怎生 (obsolete)
* how
    From: Song Dynasty, Li Qingzhao, 《聲聲慢》
    Shǒu zhe chuāng'ér, dúzì zěnshēng dé hēi? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
    Hái'ér, nǐ jiào wǒ zěnshēng shuō bō! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* why
    From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
    Pópó suǒqián qù le, zěnshēng zhè zǎowǎn bùjiàn huílái? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* no matter what; must

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何, 如何 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 怎麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 怎麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 怎麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 怎麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 怎麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 咋, 咋樣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 咋, 咋的個, 咋麼, 咋麼個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 咋, 咋個, 啷個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 啷個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麼, 麼樣, 哪樣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 井幹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怎樣, 怎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾何 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 點 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 啷, 啷樣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 仰般, 仰仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 仰般 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 仰來 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 仰般, 仰仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 仰仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 仰般 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 仰脣, 仰 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 仰般, 仰般形 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 仰子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 采翹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 咋, 咋底 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 怎怎, 怎, 怎其 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 安難, 怎生 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 安難 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 按怎, 怎影 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 障仔, 按怎, 怎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 在生, 乜生, 做呢, 做物 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做呢, 做物 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 做呢物, 做物 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 怎作, 作乜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 咋作 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 怎作 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 哪能 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 捺亨 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 咋, 咋貌, 咋貌介 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 訾那, 訾那能 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 何什, 何裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麼家 |