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  • 1

    v.bite; snap at; gnaw

    • gǒu yǎo le wǒ de tuǐ

      Dog snapped at my leg.

    • bǐng tài yìng le lǎo rén yǎo bù dòng

      老人

      The cake was too hard for the old man to bite.

    • dú shé yǎo le tā de jiǎo huái

      毒蛇脚踝

      Poisonous snake bit his ankle.

  • 2

    v.(of dogs) bark

    • tā de tuǐ shang bèi chóng yǎo le

      He had insect bites on his leg.

    • bàn yè gǒu yǎo le hǎo yī zhèn

      半夜一阵

      The dog bit a long time at midnight.

    • wǒ de liǎn shang ràng wén zi yǎo le hǎo jǐ gè bāo

      蚊子

      There were several mosquito bites on my face.

  • 3

    v.(of pliers, gears, etc) grip; bite

    • kù jiǎo bèi zì xíng chē liàn zi yǎo zhù le

      裤脚自行车链子

      The trouser leg was caught by the bicycle chain.

    • gōng rén yòng qián zi yǎo zhù luó sī dīng

      工人钳子螺丝钉

      The worker clamped the screws with pliers.

    • chǐ lún huài le yǎo bù zhù le

      齿轮

      The gear is broken. It won't hold any more.

  • 4

    v.incriminate another person when blamed/interrogated; implicate

    • tā zài lǎo shī nà lǐ fǎn yǎo wǒ yī kǒu

      老师那里

      He insulted me in front of the teacher.

    • fàn rén zài jiān yù yǎo le zhèng ren yī kǒu

      犯人监狱证人

      The prisoner slandered the witness in prison.

    • dāng zhe jǐng chá de miàn tā hái zài yǎo wǒ

      警察

      In front of the police, he's still insulting me.

  • 5

    v.dialcorrode (metals); irritate (the skin)

    • jiǎn shuǐ bǎ lǚ pén gěi yǎo huài le

      碱水

      The alkaline water corroded the aluminium basin.

    • wǒ zuì pà qī yǎo

      I'm afraid of paint corrosion.

    • yóu qī bǎ wǒ de xīn yī fu yǎo huài le

      油漆衣服

      The paint has rotted my new dress.

  • 6

    v.pronounce; articulate; be nitpicking on words

    • zhè ge zì tā yǎo de hěn zhǔn

      这个

      She can pronounce this word correctly.

    • gāng xué shuō huà de hái zi tōng cháng yǎo zì bù zhǔn

      说话孩子通常不准

      A child learning to speak usually has a poor articulation.

    • tā zǒng shì yǎo bù zhǔn zhè ge zì de fā yīn

      总是这个发音

      He can never pronounce the word correctly.

  • 7

    v.close in on; advance on; press on towards

    • zhè chǎng bǐ sài de bǐ fēn yǎo de hěn jǐn

      比赛比分

      The score was too close.

    • zhè liǎng wèi yùn dòng yuán de dé fēn yǎo de hěn jǐn

      运动员得分

      The two players had a tight score.

    • tā men liǎ de míng cì yǎo de hěn jǐn

      他们名次

      The two of them are in a tight race.

Words and phrases with 咬

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Chinese Characters with pinyin yǎo

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  • distant, profound and dim