VocabularyHSK 3 · core

怎么办

zěnme bàn

what to do

Part of speech · expression

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Examples

  1. 怎么办?
    What do we do?
  2. 不知道怎么办。
    Don't know what to do.

Collocations

怎么办?不知道怎么办没办法

Mnemonic

怎么办 zěnme bàn "what to do?" — 怎么 + 办 (handle, traditional 辦). Standard expression for being at a loss. Direct match to Korean "eotteoke hae" / Japanese "dōshiyō".

Quick check

  1. 怎么办 vs 没办法?

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