怎

how

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

how? / what? / why?

how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?

what's to be done

in any case / no matter what

what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]

not very / not particularly

how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess!

variant of 怎麼了|怎么了[zen3 me5 le5]

not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it

no matter how ...

(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?

What's up? / What's going on? / What happened?

what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?

How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?