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咬

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

yǎo ㄧㄠˇ

    • to bite
    • to nip

Classifiers (measure words)

to bite

Usually

Less often

to nip

Usually

Less often

Other words read yǎo

In the same tone

  • 舀 yǎo ladle out
  • 崾 yǎo (used in place names)
  • 杳 yǎo dark and quiet
  • 窈 yǎo deep
  • 眑 yǎo sunken eyes

All 12 words read yǎo

yao with other tones

  • 要 yào want
  • 约 yāo weigh in a balance or on a scale
  • 药 yào medicine
  • 腰 yāo pocket
  • 幺 yāo youngest

All 52 words read yao in any tone

Other words read yǎo

In the same tone

  • 舀 yǎo ladle out
  • 崾 yǎo (used in place names)
  • 杳 yǎo dark and quiet
  • 窈 yǎo deep
  • 眑 yǎo sunken eyes

All 12 words read yǎo

yao with other tones

  • 要 yào want
  • 約 yāo weigh in a balance or on a scale
  • 葯 yào leaf of the iris
  • 藥 yào medicine
  • 腰 yāo pocket

All 52 words read yao in any tone

How 咬 is written

    部首 radical
    口
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    口交
    形旁 meaning
    口
    声旁 sound
    交

    Words with 咬

    Starting with 咬

    All 18 words starting with 咬

    Ending with 咬

    • 叮咬 dīngyǎo bite
    • 撕咬 sīyǎo tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
    • 轻咬 qīngyǎo nibble
    • 啮咬 nièyǎo gnaw
    • 噬咬 shìyǎo bite

    Containing 咬

    • 一口咬定 yīkǒuyǎodìng arbitrarily assert
    • 反咬一口 fǎnyǎoyīkǒu make a false countercharge
    • 程咬金 chéngyǎojīn Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知节 chéngzhījié, Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
    • 狗咬狗 gǒuyǎogǒu dog-eat-dog
    • 半路杀出个程咬金 bànlùshāchūgèchéngyǎojīn lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy

    All 10 words containing 咬

    Words with 咬

    Starting with 咬

    All 19 words starting with 咬

    Ending with 咬

    • 叮咬 dīngyǎo bite
    • 撕咬 sīyǎo tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
    • 輕咬 qīngyǎo nibble
    • 齧咬 nièyǎo gnaw
    • 噬咬 shìyǎo bite

    Containing 咬

    • 一口咬定 yīkǒuyǎodìng arbitrarily assert
    • 反咬一口 fǎnyǎoyīkǒu make a false countercharge
    • 程咬金 chéngyǎojīn Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知节 chéngzhījié, Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
    • 狗咬狗 gǒuyǎogǒu dog-eat-dog
    • 半路殺出個程咬金 bànlùshāchūgèchéngyǎojīn lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy

    All 10 words containing 咬

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 咬

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