Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zhā
English
- handful
- to stretch fingers out
- (verb) 1. to hold (something); 2. drive (car); 3. pilot (plane); 4. make (decision)
- to hold; to grasp
- to grasp, seize, pick up with fingers
- to squeeze
- (Cant.) to take, carry
- to own; to possess; to have in possession
- to operate a vehicle
- jug/jar; quantity of a beverage contained within a jug/jar
粵語
- 拎,攞,捉;握住;用手緊握一啲物件
- 扭,擰
- 引申指擁有一樣嘢
- 駕駛;開車、船、飛機
- 用嚟計算飲料嘅單位,大概係一個廣口杯、一壺、一水罐嘅容量
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 揸
- 揸水zaa1 seoi2
to pee, to urinate
- 揸手zaa1 sau2
(noun) a handshake; (usually referring to a valuable object) 'a grasp on'
- 揸車zaa1 ce1
(verb) to drive
- 揸數zaa1 sou3
person in charge or handling funds or accounts
- 巴揸baa1 zaa1
a big-mouth; 'shoot one's mouth off' (mostly applied to women)
- 揸波zaa1 bo1
to knead or grab the breasts
- 揸旗zaa1 kei4
to be in charge [colloquial]
- 揸拿zaa1 naa4
(slang) surety; assurance; firmly in one's grasp
- 揸兜zaa1 dau1
describes a person who is in poverty and has to beg for money like a beggar
- 揸弗zaa1 fit1
adj; in charge
- 揸主意zaa1 zyu2 ji3
to make decision
- 揸大旗zaa1 daai6 kei4
in-charge (slang)
- 長揸coeng4 zaa1
(financial jargon) to hold shares long term
- 揸正zaa1 zeng3
to follow the principles and rules strictly
- 揸奶zaa1 naai5
to milk
- 揸槍zaa1 coeng1
to get an 'F' grade in a school subject
- 揸頸zaa1 geng2
verb; literally grasp the neck, when we say " 揸頸就命" which mean swallow insult and humiliation silently; control oneself and suppress one's indignation
- 揸腰zaa1 jiu1
it is used to described clothes that fit one's waist very well, or are very tight around the waist part
- 揸莊zaa1 zong1
to (take the responsibility to) make a decision, to be in charge; literally: to be the banker in a gamble
- 揸扒zaa1 paa2
to shake hands
- 揸攤zaa1 taan1
the action when the host of "fan-tan" (a gambling game) to start a game by gripping buttons out from the container to the mat
- 揸弗人zaa1 fit1 jan4
person in charge (project, team, triad etc)
- 揸水煲zaa1 seoi2 bou1
to hold water kettle, to work as waiter
- 揸火箭zaa1 fo2 zin3
to get an 'A' grade in a school subject ; literally: driving rocket