咋
freq #4187
Meanings
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- 1.dialectal equivalent of 怎么[zěn me]
- 2.Taiwan pr. [zé]
- 1.(literary) to bite; to gnaw
- 1.used in 咋呼[zhā hu]
- 2.Taiwan pr. [zé]
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Wiktionary
- 1.how; why
- 2.to be loud; to shout; to cry
- 3.to bite
- 4.used in 㕭咋
- 5.only used in 咋呼 (zhāhu)
- 6.only; just; simply
- 7.Sentence-final particle used to seek confirmation, expressing surprise and suspicion on a delimitation: only so few/little?
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Etymology
From z- (“only; just; simply”) + 呀 (aa³). Compare 啫 (ze¹), 咋 (zaa⁴), 之嘛 (zi¹ maa³).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他歌兒唱得不咋地。
He can't sing well.
他歌兒唱得不咋地。
He cannot sing well.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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