砸

砸 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口尸中月 (MRSLB), four-corner 1161₂, composition ⿰石匝)

1. smash, crush, break
2. pound, mash

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 829, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24143
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2422, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7838

“to sew with a sewing machine”

When sewing with a sewing machine, it looks as if it is smashing the cloth.

砸

1. (of falling objects) to crush; to smash
2. to bash; to smash

   • 我們村莊上的人商量著還要拿榔頭砸他呢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我们村庄上的人商量著还要拿榔头砸他呢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Wǒmen cūnzhuāng shàng de rén shāngliàng zhù hái yào ná lángtou zá tā ne. [Pinyin]

     People in my village were discussing smashing him with a hammer.

3. to break; to destroy

   杯子砸了  ―  bēizǐ zá le  ―  the cup is broken

   • 周秀花：龐四奶奶也未必敢砸茶館！ [MSC, trad.]
     周秀花：庞四奶奶也未必敢砸茶馆！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, Lao She, 茶館（第三幕）

     Zhōu Xiùhuā: páng sì nǎinǎi yě wèibì gǎn zá cháguǎn! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to throw; to toss

   砸雞蛋／砸鸡蛋  ―  zá jīdàn  ―  to throw eggs

5. (dialectal Mandarin) to sew with a sewing machine
6. (colloquial) to flop; to fail; to fall through

   考砸了  ―  kǎo zá le  ―  to have failed a test

• (to sew with a sewing machine): 車／车 (chē)
• (to fail):

砸

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 矺 (“to press down on; to weigh down”)

砸: Hán Nôm readings: táp, tặp

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