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咋回事 (zǎ huí shì): What's going on? — Meaning & Stroke Order

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咋回事 consists of 3 characters.

how; why [dialect for 怎么]

matter, affair, thing

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Pinyinzǎ huí shì

Meaningwhat's going on?; what happened?

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 咋回事.

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咋办zǎ bàn
咋样zǎ yàng
咋说zǎ shuō

Words with 回

回去huí quHSK 2
回来huí laiHSK 2
回答huí dáHSK 3
回信huí xìnHSK 4
回复huí fùHSK 4
回忆huí yìHSK 4
返回fǎn huíHSK 5
回头huí tóuHSK 6

Words with 事

没事méi shìHSK 1
事情shì qingHSK 2
同事tóng shìHSK 3
故事gù shiHSK 3
办事bàn shìHSK 4
事先shì xiānHSK 5
事实shì shíHSK 5
事物

shì wù

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