扎

I like to talk about this character 扎 today.

It can be said as zag4, zab4 or za1 

I have used Zhang XiaoShan's dictionary and another website to do this posting

First zag4 扎 - it means to prick as to prick a needle, to insert as to insert flowers into a vase or someone's hair

another use of zag4 is in zag4zêng1 扎掙 - and this means to move with difficulty

Then there is zab4 as in the use of zab4suah4 扎煞 which means to open, to open up, to spread

or as in zab4zam1 扎針 which means to to give or to have an acupuncture treatment

and finally za1 as in za1bi5 扎啤 which means to use a large glass to measure out draught beer

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as you can see from the above examples, it would be very difficult for a beginner to learn our language without pêng'im for it would be impossible for us to know how to say those characters

Thank God for pêng'im 拼音!