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Character Decomposition
咋=口+乍
Etymology
mouth
Meanings3 pronunciations
zǎ
dialectal equivalent of zěn me
Taiwan pr. zé
zé
(literary) to bite; to gnaw
zhā
used in 咋呼 zhā hu
Taiwan pr. zé
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Words with 咋 30 total
bluster · ruckus · to boast loudly咋呼zhā hu(literary) to be speechless咋舌zé shé(dialect) not that great · not up to much · nothing special不咋地bù zǎ de(dialect) not that great · not up to much · nothing special不咋的bù zǎ de(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)叽咋柳莺jī zǎ liǔ yīng(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)东方叽咋柳莺dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng
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