紮 (zaat3) — bundle; bunch; sheaf in Cantonese
zaat˗₃紮简 扎
Mandarin Pinyin: za1
Meaning of 紮
nounbundle; bunch; sheaf
nountie; fasten; bind
nounbe promoted
noun(verb) To get promoted
Example Sentences with 紮
亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
jungˍ₆用woˎ₄禾gaanˊ²稈couˊ²草zaat˗₃紮
Tie it with dry straw.
zaat˗₃紮ganˊ²緊waangˎ₄橫loengˎ₄樑
Tie the beam tightly.
zaat˗₃紮ciu˗₃帩
Tie a turban.
zaat˗₃紮zoˊ²咗daaiˍ₆大tauˎ₄頭zan1.針。
Pricked by a safety pin.
Words Containing 紮
紙紮公仔zi2 zaat3 gung1 zai2
a paper doll; a pinata
紙紮zi2 zaat3
paper (e.g., as in paper offerings / superstitious goods)
包紮baau1 zaat3
to bind up; package; wrap
跳跳紮tiu3 tiu3 zaat3
jumping around
輸精管結紮手術syu1 zing1 gun2 git3 zaat3 sau2 seot6
vasectomy (also 輸精管切除手術;結紮手術;男性絕育手術)
紮晒馬zaat3 saai3 maa5
to be in a state of readiness to engage in a (gang) fight
紮炮zaat3 paau3
to endure hunger; to go hungry
新紮san1 zaat3
newly promoted
雞紮gai1 zaat3
assorted meat and chicken roll
紮辮子zaat3 bin1 zi2
make a queue, plait one's hair, braid one's hair, tie up one's plaits
紮棍zaat3 gwan3
to be beaten up as a punishment for breaking triad rules [colloquial]
紮腳zaat3 goek3
Foot binding
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