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Trad. 怎麼著
- what?
- how?
- how about?
- whatever
- also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
Trad. 怎麼回事
- what's the matter?
- what's going on?
- how could that be?
- how did that come about?
- what's it all about?
Trad. 怎麼得了
- how can this be?
- what's to be done?
- what an awful mess!
Trad. 怎麼搞的
- How did it happen?
- What's wrong?
- What went wrong?
- What's up?
Trad. 此話怎講
- How do you mean?
- How could that be the case?
- How so?
Trad. 不怎麼樣
- not up to much
- very indifferent
- nothing great about it
- nothing good to be said about it
Trad. 怎一個愁字了得
- (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])
- how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"?
- how can words express such sadness?
