The invention provides a zinc-containing waste water treatment method. The treatment method orderly comprises: (1) pretreating zinc-containing waste water to obtain pretreated water, (2) carrying out biochemical treatment on the pretreated water to obtain biochemically treated water, (3) concentrating the biochemically treated water to obtain concentrated high-salt water and recycle water, and (4) carrying out evaporation crystallization treatment on the concentrated high-salt water to obtain recycle water and crystals, wherein the standards of the recycle water comprise pH of 6-8, conductivity less than or equal to 50, COD less than or equal to 30 and turbidity less than or equal to 1. The treatment method is easy to operate, can stably work, realizes a low cost, has high treatment efficiency, realizes zero emission or low emission of zinc-containing waste water produced by electroplating and realizes high purity recovery of metal ions in the waste water.