How to Say "What's wrong" in Chinese (Mandarin): 你怎么了？
你怎么了？
Nǐ zěnme le?
What's wrong?
- Simplified
- 你怎么了？
- Traditional
- 你怎麼了？
- Pinyin
- Nǐ zěnme le?
The characters in 你怎么了？
怎
How. 心 (heart) is at the bottom.
么 / 麼
A small word ending.
3 strokes
怎么了 is "what happened?", asked when someone looks upset or hurt. 怎么 alone means how.
More examples with 你怎么了？
你怎么了？你哭了。
你怎麼了？你哭了。
Nǐ zěnme le? Nǐ kū le.
What's wrong? You're crying.
小狗，你怎么了？
小狗，你怎麼了？
Xiǎo gǒu, nǐ zěnme le?
Puppy, what's wrong?
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