咋

zaa3 · zaa1 · zaak3 · zaak6 · zaa4

that's it; it's just (Cantonese) · dialectal equivalent of 怎么zěnme [怎么], why · how

Frequency Band 1

Meanings

zaa3

  1. that's it; it's just (Cantonese)

zaa1

  1. dialectal equivalent of 怎么zěnme [怎么], why
  2. how
  3. what
  4. to bite
  5. to hold between the teeth
  6. to yell
  7. final particle meaning 'merely
  8. only' when used in a statement

zaak3

  1. dialectal equivalent of 怎么zěnme [怎么], why
  2. how
  3. what
  4. to bite
  5. to hold between the teeth
  6. to yell
  7. final particle meaning 'merely
  8. only' when used in a statement

zaak6

  1. dialectal equivalent of 怎么zěnme [怎么], why
  2. how
  3. what
  4. to bite
  5. to hold between the teeth
  6. to yell
  7. final particle meaning 'merely
  8. only' when used in a statement

zaa4

  1. final particle meaning 'merely
  2. only' when used in a rhetorical question

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