如何 (rú hé) — how; in what way

Definition

Formal written 'how', typical in questions about methods (如何解决, 如何学习). 怎样 is the everyday spoken equivalent; 何等 is literary, used in exclamations.

pronoun
howin what way

Examples

  • 如何
    Nǐ rú hé xué xí hàn yǔ?
    How do you study Chinese?
  • 如何
    Qǐng wèn, zhè ge wèn tí rú hé jiě jué?
    Excuse me, how do we solve this problem?
  • 如何
    Wǒ bú tài míng bai yīng gāi rú hé chǔ lǐ zhè jiàn shì.
    I'm not quite sure how I should handle this matter.

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