乍 (zaa3 zaa6 | zha4) : at first; suddenly

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乍

zaa3 zaa6

zha4

[1] at first; for the first time
[2] suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

Jyutping zaa3 is standard reading; zaa6 is variant.

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 丿 (#4)

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

乍

This word has been viewed 3012 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Sep 2013 01:42

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乍冷 zaa3 laang5 zha4 leng3 = cold snap

曙光乍現 cyu5 gwong1 zaa6 jin6 shu3 guang1 zha4 xian4 = the first gleams of day

砵典乍街 but3 din2 zaa3 gaai1 bo1 dian3 zha4 jie1 = Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong

乍得 zaa3 dak1 zha4 de2 = Chad

乍得湖 zaa3 dak1 wu4 zha4 de2 hu2 = Lake Chad

卑路乍灣 bei1 lou6 zaa3 waan1 bei1 lu4 zha4 wan1 = Belcher Bay

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Decimal representation of this word: 乍
Unicode code for this character: U+4e4d (off-site link)

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