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怎么回事
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怎么回事 Pronunciation and Pinyin

怎么回事 Usage and Examples

What's wrong?

What happened?

What's going on?

我听说你结婚了,这是怎么回事?

What's this I hear about you getting married?

这是怎么回事?严刑逼供吗?

What is this? The Spanish Inquisition?

The characters in 怎么回事

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
怎
zěn9how, what, why
么
me3interrogative particle
回
huí6return, reply, revolve
事
shì8matter, event, or undertaking

More words starting with 怎

  • zěn怎me么How; what; why; how could; however.
  • zěn怎me么yě也no matter what, anyway
  • zěn怎me么yě也xiǎng想bù不qǐ起Can't remember at all., Can't recall it for the life of me.
  • zěn怎me么yě也méi没xiǎng想dào到Never expected, Couldn't have imagined
  • zěn怎me么le了What's wrong?, What happened?
  • zěn怎me么zuò做How to do it?, How is it done?
  • zěn怎me么bàn办What to do?, What should I do?
  • zěn怎me么nǔ努lì力How to try hard, How to work hard
  • zěn怎me么ké可yǐ以How can...?, How could...?
  • zěn怎me么kě可néng能How is that possible?, How can that be?
  • zěn怎me么hǒng哄yě也No matter how you coax, However you coax
  • zěn怎me么jiù就How come?, How could?

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Questions about 怎么回事

What does 怎么回事 mean in Chinese?

怎么回事 (zěn me huí shì) means “What's wrong?, What happened?, What's going on?”.

How do you pronounce 怎么回事?

怎么回事 is pronounced zěn me huí shì in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “What's wrong?” in Chinese?

“What's wrong?” is 怎么回事 (zěn me huí shì) in Chinese.

How is 怎么回事 used in a sentence?

This page has 2 example sentences using 怎么回事, each with pinyin and an English translation.

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