# 怎樣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zěnyàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zam$^2$ joeng$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cháiⁿ-iūⁿ / chàiⁿ-iūⁿ / chóaⁿ-iōⁿ / chóaⁿ-iūⁿ / cháⁿ-iūⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zěnyàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zěnyàng
*** Wade–Giles: tsên$^3$-yang$^4$
*** Yale: dzěn-yàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeenyanq
*** Palladius: цзэньян (czɛnʹjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zam$^2$ joeng$^6$
*** Yale: jám yeuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzam$^2$ joeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zem$^2$ yêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐm³⁵ jœːŋ²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháiⁿ-iūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsáinn-iūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvay'viu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iũ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàiⁿ-iūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsàinn-iūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvae'viu
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sãi¹²⁻⁵³ iũ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sãi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iũ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóaⁿ-iōⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsuánn-iōnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvoaf'vioi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔ̃²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóaⁿ-iūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsuánn-iūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvoaf'viu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iũ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡suã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iũ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháⁿ-iūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsánn-iūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvaf'viu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iũ²²/

### Adverb

怎樣
* how; what
       Zhè jù huà yīnggāi zěnyàng lǐjiě ne? [Pinyin]
       How should we understand this sentence?
       Fēnlán shì zěnyàng de yí ge guójiā? [Pinyin]
       What sort of country is Finland?
       Chit niá saⁿ beh bē chheng jī, lí khòaⁿ chóaⁿ-iūⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       This dress costs 1200, what do you think?
* however; in whatever way

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 如何, 何以, 若何 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 如何, 怎樣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 怎麼樣兒, 怎樣兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 怎麼樣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 咋樣兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 咋個樣, 咋個樣子, 啷個樣, 啷個樣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麼樣, 麼樣子, 哪樣, 哪樣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 啷子樣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 怎們樣, 哪一個樣, 哪一個樣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怎樣 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點樣, 點 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 點樣, 點 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 點樣, 點 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 點樣, 點樣做 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 點 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 點子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 點子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 點子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 點, 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 點樣 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 點 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾何 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 點樣, 點 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 啷樣, 啷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 仰般, 仰仔 |
| 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 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 咋, 咋底 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 何如, 何如事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 將樣, 蔣樣, 蔣其 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 按怎, 怎樣, 啥款 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 障仔, 怎樣, 按怎, 啥款 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 按怎, 怎樣, 啥款 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 按怎, 怎仔樣, 怎樣仔, 啥款 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 障仔, 怎樣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 在生樣, 乜生樣, 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 在生 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 在生, 在生樣 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 做呢, 做呢樣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做呢, 在生 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 哪, 哪樣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 哪能, 哪能介, 哪能樣子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 捺亨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 訾那, 訾那能 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 何是, 何裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麼家 |

#### Derived terms

* 不管怎樣／不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)