Help with pinyin?

Hi there,

I am currently learning new chinese words and I am stuck on one word.

is 炸 [FONT=&quot]zhá or zhà? for "deep fried?" [/FONT]

I know that is it [FONT=&quot]zhà for "explode"[/FONT]

Whenever i hear it spoken as deep fried, it sounds like [FONT=&quot]zhà[/FONT] but all dictionaries have it down as "[FONT=&quot][/FONT]zhá" for deep fried.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks![FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

炸 [zha2] fry in deep fat or oil; deep-fry
炸 [zha4] explode... etc

try the njstar program, it has a decent dictionary. i use it to confirm pinyin too =) there is also www.zhongwen.com that is online dictionary, it has pronounciation for various dialects if you go far enough.

maybe you hear it as zha4 because its a more familiar pronounciation? just hypothesizing.
it could potentially also be a case of 懶音.

 

Thanks for your help But I'm still confused :(

For example, when you say "deep fried chicken"...its "[FONT=&quot]zhà [/FONT][FONT=&quot]jī yì"

But when you say "deep fried tofu"..its "[/FONT][FONT=&quot]zhá [/FONT][FONT=&quot]dòu fǔ"

Is it only [/FONT][FONT=&quot]zhà when used with chicken? Or am I totally off?
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this is a website i use - has both canto and mandarin - see if this helps your confusion!

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=4&text=deep+fry

 

pinying should be easy if you learn it when your little

 

Lol i think its a matter of the conversational use and not whether the dictionary is right or wrong... We need a real mandarin pro here @@! Can't help you here lolsry, i'm canto =/