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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǎ | za3
English translation
dialectal equivalent of 怎麼
>怎么 zěnme [zěn me]
question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zé | ze2
English translation
gnaw
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhà | zha4
English translation
loud noise
shout
suddenly

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口乍

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

zhà

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and zhà represents the sound.

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护士 hùshi 护士 hùshi Xiàng 道别 dào bié ,嘱咐 zhǔfù 出院 chū yuàn Hòu gāi le zuò .

Doctors and nurses, to say theirss goodbyes and give orders.

kuài 14 suì le , Huán lǎo 打喷嚏 dǎpēntì , de 鼻炎 bí yán , bàn ?

I am fast 14 years old, return old sneeze, rhinitis, do how?

迈克尔 Mài kè ěr : 比利 Bǐ lì , 今天 jīntiān le Zuò zài 这张桌子 zhuōzi shǎng ?

Michael: Billy, reason are not you at the desk nowadays?

de 整个 zhěnggè Mén dōu 正式 zhèngshì bèi 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī 警察局 jǐng chá jú de 反恐 fǎn kǒng 管辖 guǎnxiá le ne ?

My entire division is officially part of the L . A. P . D .'scounterterrorism bureau?

kān 之下 zhī xià , zhè shì 普通 pǔ tōng de 破坏 pòhuài 公物 gōng wù ,图像 tú xiàng 带有 dài yǒu 政治 zhèngzhì 意味 yì wèi .

This is not normal vandalism but it comes with political intention.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么 zěnme [zěn​me]
咋舌 zhà shé to be speechless咋舌 zhà shé
咋呼 zhā hu bluster咋呼 zhā hu

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Decomposition

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