Dong Chinese dictionary

zǎ, zé, zhà

question-forming particle

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

乍 Sound component

zhà

suddenly

Definitions

zǎ

question-forming particle, why? how? what?; to bite; loud; dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zěnme]

zé

gnaw

zhà

loud noise; shout; suddenly

Most common words with 咋

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	咋	dialectal equivalent of 怎麼\|怎么[zěnme]
	咋舌	to be speechless
	咋呼	bluster

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