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Jyutping zam2 mo1 liu5
Pinyin zěn me le

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. What's up?
  2. What's going on?
  3. What happened?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. intj
    What happened?; What's wrong?
    (syn.) 怎麼啦, 咋啦, 咋了, 發生咩事, 怎么啦
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    怎么了?
    怎麼了?
    zěn me le ?
    • What's up?
    • What is happening?
    • What's the matter?
    • What's happened?
    • What is wrong?
    • What has happened?
    • What's shaking?
  2. Mandarin
    他跟我说我很苍白,并问我怎么了。
    他跟我説我很蒼白,並問我怎麼了。
    tā gēn wǒ shuō wǒ hěn cāng bái , bìng wèn wǒ zěn me le 。
    • He told me that I looked pale and asked me what the matter was.
  3. Mandarin
    「你鼻子怎么了?」「我刚才倒车的时候,想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开著的,谁知原来是关上了,于是就一头撞到车窗上了。」
    「你鼻子怎麼了?」「我剛才倒車的時候,想探頭出窗看清楚後面有沒有人。我以為車窗是開著的,誰知原來是關上了,於是就一頭撞到車窗上了。」
    「 nǐ bí zi zěn me le ?」「 wǒ gāng cái dǎo chē de shí hou , xiǎng tàn tóu chū chuāng kàn qīng chǔ hòu miàn yǒu méi yǒu rén 。 wǒ yǐ wéi chē chuāng shì kāi zhù de , shéi zhī yuán lái shì guān shàng le , yú shì jiù yī tóu zhuàng dào chē chuāng shàng le 。」
    • "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
  4. Mandarin
    你把我的行李怎么了?
    你把我的行李怎麼了?
    nǐ bǎ wǒ de xíng li zěn me le ?
    • What did you do with my baggage?
  5. Mandarin
    你把我的钢笔怎么了? 一分钟前它还在这里。
    你把我的鋼筆怎麼了? 一分鐘前它還在這裡。
    nǐ bǎ wǒ de gāng bǐ zěn me le ? yì fēn zhōng qián tā hái zài zhè lǐ 。
    • What have you done with my pen? It was here a minute ago.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    唷,这是怎么了?
    唷,這是怎麼了?
    Yō , zhè shì zěn me le ?
    • Gee, what happened?
  2. Mandarin
    哎呀,你这是怎么了?
    哎呀,你這是怎麼了?
    āi yā , nǐ zhè shì zěn me le ?
    • Goodness, what's this about?
  3. Mandarin
    “…祥林嫂?怎么了?”我又赶紧的问。“老了。”
    “…祥林嫂?怎麼了?”我又趕緊的問。“老了。”
    “ . . . xiáng lín sǎo ? zěn me le ? ” wǒ yòu gǎn jǐn de wèn . 5 “ lǎo le . ”
    • "Sister Xianglin? What happened to her?" I quickly asked.
      "She passed away."