| 怎么回事 |
zěn me huí shì |
what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about? |
| 怎 |
zěn |
how |
| 怎么 |
zěn me |
how? / what? / why? |
| 怎么 |
zěn me |
variant of 怎么 |
| 么 |
má |
exclamatory final particle |
| 么 |
ma |
interrogative final particle |
| 么 |
me |
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么, what?, indefinite 这么 thus, etc |
| 么 |
me |
variant of 么 |
| 回 |
huí |
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 回事 |
huí shì |
(old) to report to one's master |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |