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咋

zǎ
Not in HSK 3.0HSK 2.0 · Level 6

In Mandarin Chinese, 咋 (zǎ) means “(dialect) how; why”. It was previously included at level 6 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

Meaning

  1. (dialect) how
  2. why

Other readings: zé — to bite; to gnaw · zhā — Taiwan pr. [ze2]

Stroke order

Examples

  • 这件事咋会变成这样呢？
    Zhè jiàn shì zǎ huì biànchéng zhèyàng ne?
    How did this matter turn out like this?

Characters

咋
zǎ
dialectal equivalent of 怎么; Taiwan pr. [ze2]