怎麼回事 [－么－－]

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Pinyin zěn me huí shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. intj
    What's going on?; What happened?; What's the matter?
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    “怎么回事？”小白兔问道。
    “怎麼回事？”小白兔問道。
    “ zěn me huí shì ？” xiǎo bái tù wèn dào 。
    • "What's the matter?" asked the little white rabbit.
  2. Mandarin
    你到底怎么回事啊？
    你到底怎麼回事啊？
    nǐ dào dǐ zěn me huí shì a ？
    • What is the matter with you?
    • What's wrong with you?
    • What is wrong with you?
    • What happened to you?
    • What's the matter with you?
    • What's happened to you?
    • What's your problem?
    • What exactly happened to you?
    • What has happened to you?
  3. Mandarin
    不知道怎么回事，她昨天晚上没回家。
    不知道怎麼回事，她昨天晚上沒回家。
    bù zhī dào zěn me huí shì ， tā zuó tiān wǎn shang méi huí jiā 。
    • For some reason she didn't come home last night.
  4. Mandarin
    你到底怎么回事嘛
    你到底怎麼回事嘛
    nǐ dào dǐ zěn me huí shì ma
    • What is the matter with you?
    • What's wrong with you?
    • What is wrong with you?
    • What's the matter with you?
    • What's your problem?
    • What exactly happened to you?
    • What has happened to you?
    • What happened with you?
  5. Mandarin
    孩子，这是怎么回事？
    孩子，這是怎麼回事？
    hái zi ， zhè shì zěn me huí shì ？
    • Child, how did this happen?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这是怎么回事呀？
    這是怎麼回事呀？
    zhè shì zěn me huí shì ya ？
    • How did this happen?
  2. Mandarin
    你们的特使艾萨克完全宕机了我们也不知道是怎么回事
    你們的特使艾薩克完全宕機了我們也不知道是怎麼回事
    nǐ men de tè shǐ ài sà kè wán quán dàng jī le wǒ men yě bù zhī dào shì zěn me huí shì
    • Your emissary, Isaac, shut down completely and we have no idea what's wrong.