pound; tamp; crush (v.)
HSK 6
Traditional
砸 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
咋 zǎ - how; why [dialect for 怎么] (pron.) | HSK 6
Examples
他生气时把手机砸了。 tā shēngqì shí bǎ shǒujī zále. - He smashed his phone when he was angry.
小孩子不小心把花瓶砸破了。 xiǎo háizi bù xiǎoxīn bǎ huāpíng zá pòle. - The child accidentally smashed the vase.
他在赛车比赛中砸了一次。 tā zài sàichē bǐsài zhōng zále yīcì. - He failed once in the race.
这个项目失败了，我们把大量时间和金钱砸进去了。 zhège xiàngmù shībài le, wǒmen bǎ dàliàng shíjiān hé jīnqián zá jìnqùle. - This project failed, we invested a lot of time and money into it.
他在比赛中砸掉了一场胜利。 tā zài bǐsài zhōng zá diàole yī chǎng shènglì. - He lost a victory in the competition.