怎么样【zěnmeyàng】

how is it, how about, what do you think, how was it, zenmeyang

HSK 1

AI-generated

Structure

[noun] + 怎么样？ [suggestion]，怎么样？

Description

怎么样 asks what something is like. It takes the predicate slot on its own, with no verb in front of it.

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How's this dish?

？

How's your job?

is wrong. 怎么样 is already the predicate.

Proposing something

After a suggestion, 怎么样 asks the listener to approve it.

，？

Let's go to the park tomorrow – how about it?

，？

Shall we meet at six?

Asking after someone

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How have you been lately?

怎么样 against 怎么

怎么样 asks what something is like; 怎么 asks by what method.

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How do you write this character?

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How's his Chinese?

In the negative

不怎么样 is a verdict, not a description: it means "not great".

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That restaurant isn't much good.

Examples

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How have you been?

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How's this dish?

？

How's the new job?

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What's the weather like in Beijing?

，？

Shall we go tomorrow?

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What's this book like?

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How's his Chinese?

？

What did you think of the film?

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How about a cup of tea?

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That place isn't much good.

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How's your health?

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How does this price look to you?

References

Asking how something is with "zenmeyang"resources.allsetlearning.com

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