gnaw
咋 is an 8 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zǎ in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as zé, or zhà.
It is made up of the components 口 (opening) and 乍 (abruptly).
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Pronunciation
We found 3 pronunciations for 咋
zǎ
Definitions for 咋 pronounced as zǎ
- dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
Definitions for 咋 pronounced as zé
- gnaw
Definitions for 咋 pronounced as zhà
- loud noise
- shout
- suddenly
Vocabulary
The most common words for 咋 — see all
- to be speechless
- also pr. [ze2 she2]
- bluster
- ruckus
- to boast loudly
- (dialect) not that great
- not up to much
- nothing special
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HSK 6
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