Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄓㄚˋ zhà
Cantonesezaa3
- Meaning
- first time, for the first time
- Kangxi Radical
- 丿 · 5 strokes
Common words
- 初來乍到chū lái zhà dàoto be a newcomer; just off the boat
- 新來乍到xīn lái zhà dàonewly arrived (idiom)
- 乍暖還寒zhà nuǎn huán hán(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
- 乍現zhà xiànto appear suddenly
- 乍看zhà kànat first glance
- 春光乍泄chūn guāng zhà xièspring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom); to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear)
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