咋舌

Traditional form:

咋舌

Pinyin (reading):

zhàshé

Definitions:

• to be speechless
• also pr. (zéshé)

Characters:

• 咋 - question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper

Traditional characters:

• 咋 - question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper