咋嘛

Chinese

		loud noise; shout; suddenly loud noise; shout; suddenly; gnaw	(a modal particle)
trad. (咋嘛)		咋	嘛
simp. #(咋嘛)		咋	嘛

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³ maa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³ maa³
    • Yale: ja ma
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ maa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³ ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³ maː³³/

Particle

咋嘛

1. (Cantonese) Sentence-final particle for dismissiveness.

   落雨咋嘛！ [Cantonese]  ―  lok⁶ jyu⁵ zaa³ maa³! [Jyutping]  ―  It's just some rain!