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砸 (zaap3) — break; smash; shatter in Cantonese

zaap˗₃砸
Mandarin Pinyin: za2

Meaning of 砸

nounbreak; smash; shatter
nounram; pound at; tamp; hammer at
nounfail; fall through; flop

Words Containing 砸

石頭砸死sek6 tau4 zaap3 sei2
stoning (form of execution)
打砸搶daa2 zaap3 coeng2
beating, smashing and looting
搞砸gaau3 zaap3
to mess up; to ruin; to scre up; to throw a monkey wrench into (粵) 搞橫;搞喎;搞亂檔;
砸死zaap3 sei2
death of smashing; to crush to death
大石砸死蟹daai6 sek6 zaak3 sei2 haai5
literally big stone crushes a crab, A dead crab cannot utter a sound because it is already dead. It means an unequal contest overpowered

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