咋舌

zé shé

Dictionary entry

(literary) to be speechless

What does 咋舌 mean?

咋舌 (zé shé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(literary) to be speechless

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咋zǎdialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5] · Taiwan pr. [ze2]舌jīused in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

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咋舌

zé shé

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