Chinese symbol for “nibble”
轻咬
qīng yǎo
Traditional: 輕咬
to nibble
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nibble is 轻咬 (qīng yǎo), defined as: to nibble.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nibble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啃 | kěn | to gnaw; to nibble |
| 蚛 | zhòng | (literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble; to bite |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轻咬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 年轻人 (年輕人) | nián qīng rén | young people; youngster |
| 轻松 (輕鬆) | qīng sōng | light; gentle |
| 轻易 (輕易) | qīng yì | easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly |
| 减轻 (減輕) | jiǎn qīng | to lighten; to ease |
| 轻轻 (輕輕) | qīng qīng | lightly; softly |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nibble”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.