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咋

zǎ · za/zé · ze/zhā · zha

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Old HSK 6

Meaning

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zǎ 咋

  1. dialectal equivalent of 怎麼 / 怎么 (zěnme)
  2. Taiwan pr. [zé]

zé 咋

  1. gnaw

zhā 咋

  1. to shout
  2. to show off
  3. Taiwan pr. [zé]
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In a conversation

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Twenty skewers

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)咋(zǎ)还(hái)不(bù)来(lái)？

    Liangliang, why haven't you come yet?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在路上(zàilùshang)呢(ne)，咋(zǎ)了(le)？

    I'm on my way. What's wrong?

  3. Dengdeng

    没咋(méizǎ)，就是(jiùshì)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)烤串(kǎochuàn)，你(nǐ)快点(kuàidiǎn)。

    Nothing, I just want grilled skewers. Hurry up.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)咋(zǎ)这么(zhème)急(jí)？

    Why are you in such a rush?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)咋(zǎ)能(néng)不(bù)急(jí)？我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)点(diǎn)了(le)二十串(èrshíchuàn)。

    How could I not be? I already ordered twenty skewers.

  6. Liangliang

    二十串(èrshíchuàn)？咋(zǎ)吃得完(chīdewán)！

    Twenty skewers? How can we finish them!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)歌(gē)儿(r)唱(chàng)得(de)不(bù)咋(zǎ)地(de)。

He cannot sing well.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Leolaaziano · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)咋(zǎ)这(zhè)么(me)晚(wǎn)才(cái)回(huí)来(lái)？

Why did you come back so late?

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