Chinese Word: 咋 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

咋Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:乍 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 乍 [ zhà ] first time, for the first time, suddenly

Similar Characters: 昨阼胙祚

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Pinyin: zǎ

English Definition:dialectal equivalent of 怎么

Chinese Definition:
①怎，怎么：咋样。咋好。咋办。咋个。

Example Words:

东方叽咋柳莺	dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng	(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
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)
不咋地	bù zǎ de	(dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special
咋说咋办	zǎ shuō zǎ bàn	to do as one says (idiom)