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Chinese
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how
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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simp. and trad. (怎生)
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怎
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生
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Pronunciation
Adverb
怎生 (obsolete)
- how
守著窗兒,獨自怎生得黑? [Ci, trad.]
守着窗儿,独自怎生得黑? [Ci, simp.]- From: Song Dynasty, Li Qingzhao, 《聲聲慢》
- Shǒu zhe chuāng'ér, dúzì zěnshēng dé hēi?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
孩兒,你教我怎生說波! [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
孩儿,你教我怎生说波! [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
- Hái'ér, nǐ jiào wǒ zěnshēng shuō bō!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- why
- no matter what; must
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
怎麼 (“how”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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何, 如何
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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怎麼
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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怎麼
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Taiwan
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怎麼
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Singapore
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怎麼
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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怎麼
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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咋, 咋樣兒
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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咋, 咋的個, 咋麼, 咋麼個
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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咋, 咋個, 啷個
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Chongqing
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啷個
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Wuhan
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麼, 麼樣, 哪樣
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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井幹
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Hefei
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怎樣, 怎
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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點, 點樣
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Hong Kong
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點, 點樣
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Taishan
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幾何
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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點
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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點
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Gan
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Nanchang
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啷, 啷樣
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Hakka
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Meixian
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仰般, 仰仔
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Wuhua (Meilin)
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仰般
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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仰來
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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仰般, 仰仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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仰仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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仰般
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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仰脣, 仰
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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仰般, 仰般形
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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仰子
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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采翹
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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咋, 咋底
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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怎怎, 怎, 怎其
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Fuqing
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安難, 怎生
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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安難
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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按怎, 怎影
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Taipei
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按怎
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Penang (Hokkien)
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按怎
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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按怎
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Manila (Hokkien)
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障仔, 按怎, 怎
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Chaozhou
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在生, 乜生, 做呢, 做物
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Raoping
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做呢
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Shantou
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做呢
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Jieyang
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做呢
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Haifeng
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做呢
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Singapore (Teochew)
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做呢, 做物
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Batam (Teochew)
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做呢物, 做物
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Wenchang
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怎作, 作乜
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Haikou
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咋作
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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怎作
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Wu
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Shanghai
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哪能
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Suzhou
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捺亨
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Ningbo
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咋, 咋貌, 咋貌介
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Wenzhou
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訾那, 訾那能
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Xiang
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Changsha
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何什, 何裡
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Shuangfeng
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麼家
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