怎么回事

怎麼回事
zěnmehuíshì
  1. what's the matter?
  2. what's going on?
  3. how could that be?
  4. how did that come about?
  5. what's it all about?

CEDICT

What's going on?; What happened?; What's the matter?

Wiktionary

Examples

你到底怎么回事嘛

What is wrong with you?

What is the matter with you?

What has happened to you?

Source: Tatoeba

你到底怎麽回事啊？

What's wrong with you?

Source: Tatoeba

你到底怎么回事啊？

What's wrong with you?

Source: Tatoeba

不知道怎么回事，她昨天晚上没回家。

For some reason she didn't come home last night.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 怎么 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
=1 怎么 zěnme variant of 怎么 zěnme
2 回事 huíshì (old) to report to one's master

Related entries

葫芦里卖的是什么药 húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào
  1. what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
  2. what's going on?