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Chinese symbol for “throttle”

掐死
qiā sǐ
to throttle; to choke to death

The closest CC-CEDICT match for throttle is 掐死 (qiā sǐ), defined as: to throttle; to choke to death.

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

掐 qiā
to hold, to choke; to gather in one hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
死 sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “throttle”

WordPinyinMeaning
节流阀 (節流閥)jié liú fáa throttle
节气门 (節氣門)jié qì ménthrottle
扼杀 (扼殺)è shāto strangle; to throttle
油门 (油門)yóu ménaccelerator (pedal); gas pedal
勒脖子lēi bó zito throttle; to strangle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 掐死.

WordPinyinMeaning
掐断 (掐斷)qiā duànto nip off (with fingernails etc); (fig.) to cut off (supply etc)
掐架qiā jià(of dogs, roosters etc) to fight; to tussle; (of people) to have an altercation with sb (physical or verbal)
掐表 (掐錶)qiā biǎoto use a stopwatch
掐算qiā suànto count with one's fingers; on the spot calculation
掐脖子qiā bó zito seize by the throat
死亡sǐ wángto die; death
杀死 (殺死)shā sǐto kill
死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment

See also: Japanese symbol for “throttle”.

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.

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