<p>It is grammatically correct, but it looks not nice. Or you can say that:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你怎么知道中国菜的做法？</p>
</blockquote>

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2018-04-07T08:43:48.937Z
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Paul
<p>Both of your sentences are grammatical. The second one is wordy though. If you want to express surprise 奇怪, you can put 你竟然会做中国菜？if you only want to practice 怎么，your first sentence is fine. </p>

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2018-04-07T09:26:41.527Z
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dan
<p>你怎么知道如何做中国菜？</p>

<p>or without how</p>

<p>你在哪学会做中国菜？</p>

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2018-04-07T07:13:14.903Z
Thanks.  By the looks of things, I might benefit from looking at some examples of how to use both [怎么 and 如何](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/1255/8099).
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2018-04-07T07:08:57.993Z
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Pedroski
<p>Your Chinese is a bit awkward in this case as you suspected.  I would use </p>

<p>你怎么会做中国菜?</p>

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Menos
<p>This is from a problem from my Chinese book; I'm practicing the use of <a href="http://www.dict.cn/%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88" rel="nofollow noreferrer">怎么</a> (zěn me).</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>美国朋友会做中国菜，你觉得很奇怪，问他：...<br>
  <sub>Měiguó péngyǒu huì zuò zhōngguó cài, nǐ juédé hěn qíguài, wèn tā: ...</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>This translates to "An American friend can cook Chinese food; you feel it's strange.  [You] ask him: ... "  I came up with two answers:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Ozw6A.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Ozw6A.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The first I think is fine: 你怎么会做中国菜？ (Nǐ zěnme huì zuò zhōngguó cài?) meaning "How can you cook Chinese food?"</p>

<p>My second answer I'm uncertain about because of the repeated 怎么, and because it's an almost-direct translation from English:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你怎么知道怎么做中国菜？<br>
  <sub>Nǐ zěnme zhīdào zěnme zuò zhōngguó cài?</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>By this I intend to ask him "How do you know how to cook Chinese food?"</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is 你怎么知道怎么做中国菜? a grammatically correct question?</p>

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2018-04-07T07:41:02.277Z
how come: 你会做中国菜，怎么会这样呢？
user6065
<grammar>
Is 你怎么知道怎么做中国菜? (How do you know how to cook Chinese food?) a grammatically correct question?
# Is 你怎么知道怎么做中国菜? (How do you know how to cook Chinese food?) a grammatically correct question?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-07)

This is from a problem from my Chinese book; I'm practicing the use of [怎么](http://www.dict.cn/%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88) (zěn me).

> 美国朋友会做中国菜，你觉得很奇怪，问他：...  
> Měiguó péngyǒu huì zuò zhōngguó cài, nǐ juédé hěn qíguài, wèn tā: ...

This translates to "An American friend can cook Chinese food; you feel it's strange. [You] ask him: ... " I came up with two answers:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Ozw6A.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Ozw6A.jpg)

The first I think is fine: 你怎么会做中国菜？ (Nǐ zěnme huì zuò zhōngguó cài?) meaning "How can you cook Chinese food?"

My second answer I'm uncertain about because of the repeated 怎么, and because it's an almost-direct translation from English:

> 你怎么知道怎么做中国菜？  
> Nǐ zěnme zhīdào zěnme zuò zhōngguó cài?

By this I intend to ask him "How do you know how to cook Chinese food?"

**Question**: Is 你怎么知道怎么做中国菜? a grammatically correct question?

**Tags:** grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: how come: 你会做中国菜，怎么会这样呢？  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-07. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It is grammatically correct, but it looks not nice. Or you can say that:

> 你怎么知道中国菜的做法？


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-04-07. Score: 1

Both of your sentences are grammatical. The second one is wordy though. If you want to express surprise 奇怪, you can put 你竟然会做中国菜？if you only want to practice 怎么，your first sentence is fine.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-04-07. Score: 1

你怎么知道如何做中国菜？

or without how

你在哪学会做中国菜？

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks.  By the looks of things, I might benefit from looking at some examples of how to use both [怎么 and 如何](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/1255/8099).  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-04-07. Score: -1

Your Chinese is a bit awkward in this case as you suspected. I would use

你怎么会做中国菜?


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