Chinese symbol for “bungle”
砸
zá
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bungle is 砸 (zá), defined as: to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bungle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一团糟 (一團糟) | yī tuán zāo | chaos; bungle |
| 搞乱 (搞亂) | gǎo luàn | to mess up; to mismanage |
| 褶子了 | zhě zi le | to make a mess of sth; to bungle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搞砸 | gǎo zá | to mess (sth) up; to foul up |
| 砸烂 (砸爛) | zá làn | to smash |
| 砸碎 | zá suì | to pulverize; to smash to bits |
| 砸毁 (砸毀) | zá huǐ | to destroy; to smash |
| 砸死 | zá sǐ | to crush to death |
| 砸坏 (砸壞) | zá huài | to smash; to shatter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bungle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.