怎的

zěnde
  1. what for
  2. why
  3. how

CEDICT

  1. 如何、為什麼。元．鄭光祖《倩女離魂．第二折》：「那壁不是倩女小姐麼？這早晚來此怎的？」《儒林外史．第二回》：「那人問從者道：『和尚怎的不見？』」也作「怎地」。
  2. 怎樣、怎麼。《西遊記．第二六回》：「這行者厲聲高叫道：『帶我耍耍兒便怎的！』」也作「怎地」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 如何，為什麼
  2. 怎樣，怎麼

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 怎 zěn how
2 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

Related entries

何故 hégù
  1. what for?
  2. what's the reason?
何為 héwéi
  1. what is
  2. (old) what for
  3. (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
何以 héyǐ
  1. (literary) why
  2. how
宇宙何以開端？

What is the origin of the universe?

Source: Tatoeba

何為 héwèi (old) why
憑什麼 píngshénme
  1. (spoken) why?
  2. for which reason?
你憑什麼逮捕我？

On what grounds are you arresting me?

Source: Tatoeba

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