怎么样
zěnmeyàng · HSK 2
How are things?
怎么样 = how + (particle) + appearance/manner — literally 'what kind of manner?'
怎 = how/what, 么 is a question particle, 样 = appearance/way. Together they ask about the state or manner of something, like 'how's it going?' or 'what do you think?'
样 — wood radical 木 + sheep 羊
样 is a phono-semantic compound. The wood radical 木 originally hinted at meaning (a wooden model or sample), while 羊 (sheep) supplies the sound. From 'wooden pattern/template' it broadened to mean 'shape, form, kind, manner'.