どう

dou

how
in what way

adverb

Chinese meanings

怎样；如何

Examples

これはどうですか。
How about this?
这个怎么样？

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d0fb41651f'); // どう

{
  "id": "d0fb41651f",
  "word": "どう",
  "reading": "どう",
  "romaji": "dou",
  "meanings": [
    "how",
    "in what way"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1008910,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "これはどうですか。",
      "en": "How about this?"
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fde1df7b34c36b3e2dab6c639d1e60c81a9ad33b5607115da313a1a6a62897de",
    "meanings": [
      "怎样；如何"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "これはどうですか。",
        "zh": "这个怎么样？"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/d0fb41651f",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "bd72d79b5a5e05d557ba9021144547396f037c4230b3aa5bfcf08ed9800ba0e3"
  }
}