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咋

zǎ

HSK 6 Character

What 咋 means

1. dialectal equivalent of {怎么|zěn me}
2. Taiwan pr. zé

Other readings

咋 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zéto bite; to gnaw
• zhāused in {咋呼|zhā hu}; Taiwan pr. zé

Example sentences

• 不咋地。
  It wasn't good.
• 最近咋样？
  Zuì jìn zǎ yàng?
  How've ya' been lately?
• 瞅你咋地？
  So what if I'm staring?
• 你咋花这笔钱嘞
  Nǐ zǎ huā zhè bǐ qián lei
  What do you plan on doing with the money?
• 夏天过得咋样啊？
  Xiàtiān guòdé zǎ yàng ā?
  How was your summer?
• 你今天心情咋样？
  How do you feel today?

Words starting with 咋

• 咋舌zé shé(literary) to be speechless
• 咋呼zhā hubluster; ruckus; to boast loudly

Words containing 咋

• 不咋地bù zǎ de(dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special
• 不咋的bù zǎ de(dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special
• 叽咋柳莺jī zǎ liǔ yīng(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
• 东方叽咋柳莺dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
• 百不咋bǎi bù zaof no consequence (idiom)

Characters built on 乍

These share the phonetic component 乍 (zhà), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 炸zhàto burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (colloquial) to fly into a rage
• 诈zhàto cheat; to swindle; to pretend
• 蚱zhàgrasshopper
• 砟zhǎfragments
• 柞zhàused in 柞水
• 痄zhàmumps

Characters that look like 咋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 昨zuóyesterday
• 吻wěnkiss; to kiss; mouth
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 咔kǎ(used as phonetic "ka")