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how

/haʊ/

US pronunciation
American sound/haʊ/
how
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short oo vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> how

Myanmar meaning

(adv) မည်ကဲ့သို့။မည်မျှ။

Full entry

how /haƱ/ interrog adv

၁။ ဘယ်လို။ ဘယ်ပုံ။ ဘယ်နည်း။ How do you spell your name? ❍ Can you show me how to use this machine? ❍ How do you get to the town centre from here? ❍ I don't know how I'm ever going to explain this!
၂။ (မာရဲ့လားဟု အဓိပ္ပာယ်ရသောစကား)။ How are the children? ❍ How are you feeling now?
၃။ (တစ်စုံတစ်ရာသောအခြေအနေကိုမေးရာတွင် သုံးသော စကား)။ ဘယ့်နှယ်လဲ။ How was your holiday? ❍ How is your job?
၄။ ဘယ်လောက်။ How old is she? ❍ How long did you wait? ❍ How often do you go swimming? ❍ How many people will be there? ❍ How much does it cost? ❍ I didn't know how much luggage to bring.
၅။ ဘယ်လောက်။ ဘယ်လောက်တောင်။ ဘယ်လောက်များ။ Look how dirty that child is! ❍ How kind of you to help! ❍ How pale she looks!
conj (infml ) (က) ဘယ်ပုံဘယ်နည်း။ ဘယ်လို။ She described how he had run up to her and grabbed her bag. (ခ) …သလို။ I'll dress how I like in my own house!
❏ and how! [IDM ] (infml ) ဟုတ်ပါ့။ မှန်လိုက်လေ။ ‘Did you get lost?’ ‘And how!’
❏ how's that? [IDM ]
၁။ ဘာ့ကြောင့်လဲ။ ဘာလို့လဲ။ ‘I left work early today. ’ ‘How's that (ie why)?’
၂။ (ထင်မြင်ချက် ကို မေးမြန်းရာတွင်သုံးသည့် စကား)။ ဘယ့်နှယ်လဲ။ ဘယ်လိုလဲ။ I'll tuck your sheets in for you. How's that? Comfortable? ❍ Two o'clock on the dot! How's that for punctuality?

More examples
  • How can I get from here to Oxford Street?
  • ‘We have to get out of this place.’ ‘Yes, but how?’
  • Louis is the only person who understands how the system works.
  • How they ever made a profit is an absolute mystery.
  • [how to do something] : Would you show me how to send an email?
  • Just tell me how the story ends.
  • How did she react when you mentioned my name?
  • How does the new program differ from the old one?
  • I don’t see how this crisis is any worse than the one we had last year.
  • ‘How do you like your coffee?’ ‘Just a little milk, please.’
  • Cut her hair short if that’s how she wants it.
  • How you look is not so important in radio broadcasting.
  • I hate how my voice sounds on tape.
  • Now I’ve left school I can dress how I want.
  • I wonder how far we’ve walked today.
  • How old is your sister?
  • I soon realized how difficult my job was going to be.
  • [how much/many] : I know how much time is wasted on unnecessary tasks.
  • How many grandchildren do you have now?
  • How was school today?
  • How’s life in the army?
  • [how did something go] : How did your driving test go?
  • You know how much I love you.
  • I was amazed at just how easy it is to shop on the Internet.
Synonyms
according to what, after what precedent, by means of, by virtue of what, by what means, by what method, by whose help, exactly how, from what source, in what manner, in what way, just how, through what agency, through what medium, to what degree, whence, whereby, wherewith, why
Cross references
according to whatafter what precedentby means ofby virtue of whatby what meansby what methodby whose helpexactly howfrom what sourcein what mannerin what wayjust howthrough what agencythrough what mediumto what degreewhencewherebywherewithwhyandarebagbringcancentrechildcomfortablecost
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