How to pronounce zen me yang (怎么样) in Chinese
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怎么样
zěn me yàng
Characters & meanings
how (in 怎么)
interrogative suffix (in 什么/怎么)
appearance; kind
Common mistake
Low + neutral + falling (3-0-4): dip on zěn, throw me away, then finish with a decisive fall on yàng — the last syllable carries the question's energy.
Tone change in this word
么 is always neutral in 怎么样, sandwiched between two full tones.
Example sentence
最近怎么样？
Zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?
How have you been lately?
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