Chinese symbol for “sip”
呷
xiā
to sip; to drink; Taiwan pr. [xia2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sip is 呷 (xiā), defined as: to sip; to drink; Taiwan pr. [xia2].
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sip”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咂 | zā | to sip; to smack one's lips |
| 啜饮 (啜飲) | chuò yǐn | to sip |
| 哜 (嚌) | jì | sip |
| 啜 | chuò | (literary) to drink; to sip |
| 抿 | mǐn | to smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 呷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呷呷 | gā gā | (onom.) quack; honk |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sip”.
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.