English
- question-forming particle, why? how? what?
- dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
- (literary) to bite; to gnaw
- used in 咋呼[zha1 hu5]
- that's it; it's just (Cantonese)
- to bite
- Taiwan pr. [ze2]
- Taiwan pr. [ze2]
- loud
- only; less or lower than what the speaker expects before the other states the reality
- (used only as a sentence-final particle) only; just; (of quantities, degrees, etc.) not as much/high as expected
- used at the end of sentence to express the speaker's realisation that something is not as much / many or high as one thought
粵語
- 表示程度少過、低過講者喺對方陳述實況之前嘅預期
- 只會用係句尾；表示只係、淨係；數量、程度等等冇預計咁多咁高
- 放喺句尾，用嚟表達自己啱啱發現一樣嘢冇想像咁多、咁高、咁強
Words containing 咋
- 咋舌zaa3 sit3
(literary) to be speechless
- 咋話zaa6 waa5
used when something is more trivial than expected
- 白咋baak6 zaa3
jellyfish ----
- 咋嘛za1 maa3
added at the end of a clause to indicate that the topic in question is nothing special or unimpressive, contrary to what one might think
- 咋咋聲zaa4 zaa2 seng1
Quick
- 咋咋聲zaa4 zaa2 seng1
Quick
- 咋咋臨zaa4 zaa4 lam4
Quick
- 咋咋臨zaa4 zaa4 lam4
Quick
- 喳咋zaa1 zaa4
a kind of dessert; sweet soup made with mixed beans and taro
- 咋喎zaa3 wo5
(used only as a sentence-final particle) only; just; (of quantities, degrees, etc.) not as much/high as expected
- 架咋gaa3 zaa3
- 不咋地bat1 zaa3 dei6
(dialect) not that great
- 㗎咋gaa3 zaa3
(modal particle) just, only, that's all
- 咋呼zaa3 fu1
bluster
- 咖咋gaa3 zaa3
- 咩咋mei1 zaa3
What only?
- 令人咋舌ling6 jan4 zaa3 sit3
make one speechless or dumbstruck, usually pejorative
- 不咋的bat1 zaa3 dik1
(dialect) not that great
- 少少咋siu2 siu2 zaa3
- 咋噃za3 bo3
- 嘰咋柳鶯gei1 zaa3 lau5 ang1
(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- 東方嘰咋柳鶯dung1 fong1 gei1 zaa3 lau5 ang1
(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)