砸
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zá · to smash, to pound, to crush, to break

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HSK 2.0 · Level 6HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #2037
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10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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石Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 砸

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záWords pronounced zá
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Example sentences

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Zuò shì qiān wàn bié guò yú jí qiè, bǎ shì qíng gǎo zá le.做事千万别过于急切,把事情搞砸了。

Never rush, or you risk doing things wrong.

Source: Tatoeba #10081664 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zá huài de shì zhè shàn chuāng.他砸坏的是这扇窗。

It is this window that he broke.

Source: Tatoeba #431479 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Lìng wǒ fēi cháng shāng xīn de shì tā kǎo zá le.令我非常伤心的是她考砸了。

She failed the examination and I was greatly disappointed.

Source: Tatoeba #6315382 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu rén bǎ wǒ xīn chē de dǎng fēng bō lí zá suì le.有人把我新车的挡风玻璃砸碎了。

Someone smashed the windshield of my new car.

Source: Tatoeba #9961285 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gǎo zá le dìyī gè yīn fú.我搞砸了第一個音符。

I screwed up the very first note.

Source: Tatoeba #816901 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men yǐ jīng huā le wǔ gè yuè de xīn xuè zài zhè shàng miàn le. bié zhè shí hòu gǎo zá le.我们已经花了五个月的心血在这上面了。别这时候搞砸了。

We've been working on this for five months. Don't fuck it up now.

Source: Tatoeba #8589138 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 砸 in context

  1. Say zá, then recall the core meaning: to smash, to pound, to crush, to break.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 打砸 (dǎ zá), meaning “to smash up”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 砸 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.