咬 — Chinese character
咬
yǎo
to bite, to gnaw
- Pinyin
- yǎo
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 口 交
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 交
- Japanese
- 咬 as a kanji
Common words with 咬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咬伤 (咬傷) | yǎo shāng | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) |
| 咬牙 | yǎo yá | to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth |
| 咬牙切齿 (咬牙切齒) | yǎo yá qiè chǐ | (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage |
| 咬紧牙关 (咬緊牙關) | yǎo jǐn yá guān | (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet |
| 叮咬 | dīng yǎo | (of a mosquito etc) to bite |
| 一口咬定 | yī kǒu yǎo dìng | to arbitrarily assert; to allege |
| 咬合 | yǎo hé | (of uneven surfaces) to fit together; (of gear wheels) to mesh |
| 撕咬 | sī yǎo | to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) |
| 狗咬狗 | gǒu yǎo gǒu | dog-eat-dog; dogfight |
| 咬定 | yǎo dìng | to insist; to maintain that ... |
| 咬文嚼字 | yǎo wén jiáo zì | to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording |
| 咬字 | yǎo zì | to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate |
English words written with 咬
咬 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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