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zaaˍ₆
Pinyin
zha3
Translations
noun
(jyutping) zaa6
noun
handful of (grain, sand) | [國] 把
noun
group, crowd, band of (people) | [國] 夥
noun
obstruct; block; interrupt
noun
(noun) 1. Handful (Unit of sand); 2. Group (unit of people); (verb) 1. Interrupt; 2. Stop
tauˉ¹gaiˉ¹mˎ₄douˊ²sitˍ₆zaaˉ¹maiˏ₅
(偷鸡唔到蚀拃米)
Pinyin
tou1 ji1 wu2 dao4 shi2 zha3 mi3
Translations
noun
偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米
noun
偷雞不着蝕把米
noun
go for wool and come home shorn; fail in one's attempt and suffer a loss as well
noun
try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice
noun
陪了夫人又折兵
zaaˍ₆lyunˍ₆goˉ¹beng˗₃
(拃乱歌柄)
Pinyin
zha4 luan4 ge1 bing3
Translations
noun
to interrupt sb; impolitely barge in on a conversation
noun
to interrupt when someone else is talking or singing; to barge in on a conversation; to disturb the order
zaaˍ₆zyuˍ₆
Pinyin
zha3 zhu4
Translations
noun
to stop; to obstruct; to block
zaaˍ₆lyunˍ₆gwoˉ¹beng˗₃
(拃乱戈柄)
Pinyin
zha2 luan4 ge1 bing3
Translations
noun
to interrupt when someone else is talking; to barge in on a conversation; to disturb the order
jatˉ¹zaaˍ₆
Pinyin
yi1 zha4
Translations
noun
a bunch; a handful 一群,一批,一
noun
a bunch of; a handful of [colloquial]
ngaaˍ₆zaaˍ₆
(挜拃)
Pinyin
ya4 zha3
Translations
noun
cumbersome; bulky; too clumsy to move | [國] 臃腫
noun
swaggering; strutting; overbearing
dit˗₃lokˍ₆deiˍ₆laaˊ²faanˉ¹zaaˍ₆saaˉ¹
Pinyin
die1 luo4 di4 la2 fan3 zhan3 sha1
Translations
noun
to salvage one's pride; to save face; to pretend that one did not make a mess of things, although in fact one did mess up | Lit.: "To (accidentally trip and) fall, but (to pretend) to grab some sand (as if that was the purpose of going down on the ground)" | Sometimes as 跌咗揦返拃沙 or 跌倒揦返拃沙 or 跌咗落地拿返拃沙