怎么回事 meaning in English
what's the matter?; what's going on?
Traditional 怎麼回事26 strokes
Meaning of 怎么回事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zěnmehuíshì
- what's the matter?
- what's going on?
- how could that be?
- how did that come about?
- what's it all about?
怎么回事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这他妈怎么回事？
What the hell happened?
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.
孩子，这是怎么回事？
Child, how did this happen?
汤姆和玛丽还没弄清楚怎么回事。
Tom and Mary are still figuring it out.
你到底怎么回事啊？
What's your problem?
Stroke order for each character
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怎 zěn · what? why? how? · 9 strokes
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么 me · interrogative particle · 3 strokes
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回 huí · to go back · 6 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 怎么回事.
| 什么 | shénme | what?; something; anything |
| 怎么 | zěnme | how?; what? |
| 回来 | huílái | to return; to come back |
| 干什么 | gàn shénme | what are you doing?; what's he up to? |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回去 | huíqù | to return; to go back |
| 没什么 | méi shénme | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're |
| 回到 | huídào | to return to |
| 回答 | huídá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 为什么 | wèi shénme | why?; for what reason? |
| 这么 | zhème | so much; this much |
Questions about 怎么回事
What does 怎么回事 mean?
怎么回事 (zěnmehuíshì) means "what's the matter?; what's going on?".
How do you write 怎么回事?
怎么回事 is made of 4 characters: 怎 (9 strokes), 么 (3 strokes), 回 (6 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.
How is 怎么回事 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 怎么回事 is written 怎麼回事.