how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

how; what kind

what's to be done

what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?

how

how can?

what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]

(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however

how; why

what for; why; how

What's up?; What's going on?; What happened?

how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!

How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up?

Why is that?; How come?

(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4]); how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"?; how can words express such sadness?