怎么办 zěnmebàn what's to be done
怎么记住“怎么办”: 怎 how + 么 question particle + 办 manage = what's to be done.
汉字
用法
- Set phrase 'what should be done? / what do we do?', voicing a dilemma - 没带钱，怎么办 (méi dài qián, zěnmebàn) I didn't bring money, what do I do?
- Often intensified: 这可怎么办 (zhè kě zěnmebàn) what on earth do we do now. It's about a course of action, not a factual 'how.'
例句
- 该怎么办呢？ Gāi zěnmebàn ne?So what do we do now?
- 我们现在怎么办？ Wǒmen xiànzài zěnmebàn?What do we do now?
- 我不知道该怎么办。 Wǒ bù zhīdào gāi zěnmebàn.I have no idea of what to do.