Chinese symbol for “crunch”
扎扎
zhā zhā
(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crunch is 扎扎 (zhā zhā), defined as: (onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “crunch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧缩 (緊縮) | jǐn suō | (economics) to reduce; to curtail |
| 卷腹 (捲腹) | juǎn fù | crunch (physical exercise) |
| 嘎吱 | gā zhī | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 吱嘎 | zhī gā | (onom.) creak; crunch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扎扎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挣扎 (掙扎) | zhēng zhá | to struggle |
| 扎实 (扎實) | zhā shi | strong; solid |
| 驻扎 (駐紮) | zhù zhā | to station; to garrison (troops) |
| 扎根 | zhā gēn | to take root |
| 扎营 (紮營) | zhā yíng | to camp; to pitch camp |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crunch”.
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.