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Meaning

smash; smashed

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “za” becomes a different word in each tone. 砸 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 打砸dǎ záto smash up; to vandalize
  • 砸死zá sǐto crush to death
  • 考砸kǎo záto flunk; to fail a test
  • 砸钱zá qiánto spend big (on sth); to pour a lot of money into sth
  • 砸破zá pòto break; to shatter

Example Sentence

他不小心把杯子砸碎了。Tā bù xiǎo xīn bǎ bēi zi zá suì le.He accidentally smashed the cup.

henot小心xiǎo xīnto be careful(marks the object)杯子bēi zicup砸碎zá suìto pulverizele(completed action)