怎麼回事

See also: 怎么回事

Chinese

		how; how come; why	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (怎麼回事)		怎麼	回	事
simp. (怎么回事)		怎么	回	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zěnme huí shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² mo¹ wui⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnme huí shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊ huéi shìh
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-mê⁵ hui² shih⁴
    • Yale: dzěn-me hwéi shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.me hwei shyh
    • Palladius: цзэньмэ хуэй ши (czɛnʹmɛ xuej ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnmehuíshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnme̊huéishìhr
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-mê⁵-hui²-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzěn-me-hwéi-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeen.mehweishell
    • Palladius: цзэньмэхуэйшир (czɛnʹmɛxuejšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² mo¹ wui⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: jám mō wùih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² mo¹ wui⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² mo¹ wui⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ wuːi̯²¹ siː²²/

Interjection

怎麼回事

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

See also

• 怎麼了／怎么了 (zěnme le)