Chinese word dictionary

咋舌

zé shé · (literary) to be speechless

Word information

Simplified咋舌
Traditional咋舌
Pinyinzé shé
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 咋舌

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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