# 怎麼樣
## Chinese

| | | how; how come; why | manner; pattern; waymanner; pattern; way; appearance; shape |
| trad. (怎麼樣/怎麽樣) | trad. (怎麼樣/怎麽樣) | 怎麼/怎麽 | 樣 |
| simp. (怎么样) | simp. (怎么样) | 怎么 | 样 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zěnmeyàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zam$^2$ mo$^1$ joeng$^6$ / zam$^2$ mo$^1$ joeng$^{6-2}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zên$^1$ mo$^2$ yong$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zěnmeyàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊yàng
*** Wade–Giles: tsên$^3$-mê$^5$-yang$^4$
*** Yale: dzěn-me-yàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.meyanq
*** Palladius: цзэньмэян (czɛnʹmɛjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zěnmeyàngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊yàngr
*** Wade–Giles: tsên$^3$-mê$^5$-yang$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dzěn-me-yàngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.meyanql
*** Palladius: цзэньмэянр (czɛnʹmɛjanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zam$^2$ mo$^1$ joeng$^6$ / zam$^2$ mo$^1$ joeng$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: jám mō yeuhng / jám mō yéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzam$^2$ mo$^1$ joeng$^6$ / dzam$^2$ mo$^1$ joeng$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zem$^2$ mo$^1$ yêng$^6$ / zem$^2$ mo$^1$ yêng$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²/, /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zên$^1$ mo$^2$ yong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mo¹¹ iɔŋ⁵³/

### Pronoun

怎麼樣
* how; what; in what way
    你學習怎麼樣？／你学习怎么样？ ― Nǐ xuéxí zěnmeyàng? ― How is your study?
    天氣怎麼樣？／天气怎么样？ ― Tiānqì zěnmeyàng? ― How's the weather?
       Yàobùrán nǐ xiǎng zěnmeyàng? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* how about; what about
       Wǒmen děng xià tāmen ba, zěnmeyàng? [Pinyin]
       Shall we wait for them?
* (used in the negative or in rhetorical questions) (not) up to much
       Tā wǔ tiào de bù zěnmeyàng. [Pinyin]
       He's not much of a dancer.
       Nǐ néng ná wǒ zěnmeyàng? [Pinyin]
       What can you do about me?

#### Synonyms

* (how):
| 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 |
* (how about): (formal) 如何 (rúhé)

#### Derived terms

* 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
* 那又怎麼樣／那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng)

### Interjection

怎麼樣
* (colloquial) how's it going?; how are you?