咋 (zaa3 zaa4 | zha4 ) : merely, only

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咋

zaa3 zaa4

zha4

[粵] zaa3
[final particle] merely; only (used in statement)

[粵] zaa4
[final particle] merely; only (used in rhetorical question)

[粵] zaa3 [國] zha4
hold between the teeth

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

咋

This word has been viewed 7992 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Oct 2009 01:55

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咋咋臨 zaa3*4 zaa3*4 lam4 = to hurry up

咩咋 me1/mei1 zaa3 = major (as loanword) 粵

咋咋聲 zaa4 zaa4*2 seng1 zha4 zha4 sheng1 = very quickly; very fast 粵

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聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

我斷估咋，原來佢真係廿三歲粵
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.

佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 咋
Unicode code for this character: U+548b (off-site link)

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