qiā

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  • 1

    v.pinch; nip

    • bù yào qiā huā

      Don't nip off flowers.

    • qǐng nǐ bǎ yān qiā le

      Stub out the cigarette, please.

    • bù yào qiā rén

      不要

      Don't nip others.

    synonym
  • 2

    v.clutch; grip

    • qiā sǐ mǒu rén

      某人

      choke somebody to death

    • qiā bó zi

      脖子

      seize somebody by the neck

    • qiā zhù dí rén de hóu lóng

      敌人喉咙

      throttle the enemy

    synonym
  • 3

    measure worddiala handful, bunch, pinch, etc. of something

    • yī qiā cōng

      a handful of green onions

    • yī qiā jiǔ cài

      韭菜

      a pinch of leeks

  • 4

    v.pinch off

Words and phrases with 掐

  • 掐蛹
    [word]cutting off pelettes
  • 掐人中
    [word]pinch the philtrum
  • 掐尖儿
    [word]pinch off young shoots; dismiss
  • 掐诀
    [word]pinch one's fingers with the thumb while chanting incantations
  • 掐算
    [word]count something on one's fingers; reckon
  • 掐腰
    [word]bunch at the waist
  • 掐丝
    [word]filigree
  • 掐巴
    [word]grasp with a tight fist
  • 掐断
    [word]cut off
  • 掐头去尾
    [idiom]break off both ends

Similar-form characters to 掐