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咬

yǎo

HSK 5 Character

What 咬 means

1. to bite
2. to nip

Other readings

咬 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yǎovariant of {咬|yǎo}

Example sentences

• 咬紧牙关。
  Bite the bullet.
• 她咬了他。
  She bit him.
• 他说话咬舌。
  He bites his tongue while talking.
• 别让他咬你。
  Don't let him bite you.
• 蛇把我咬了。
  The snake bit me.
• 你的狗咬人吗？
  Nǐ de gǒu yǎo rén ma?
  Does your dog bite?

Words starting with 咬

• 咬牙切齿yǎo yá qiè chǐ(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
• 咬牙yǎo yáto clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth; gnaw
• 咬紧牙关yǎo jǐn yá guān(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering…
• 咬伤yǎo shāngbite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite)
• 咬文嚼字yǎo wén jiáo zìto bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
• 咬合yǎo hé(of uneven surfaces) to fit together; (of gear wheels) to mesh; (dentistry) occlusion
• 咬字yǎo zìto pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate
• 咬定yǎo dìngto assert; to insist that
• 咬唇妆yǎo chún zhuāngbitten-lips look…
• 咬耳朵yǎo ěr duo(colloquial) to whisper in sb's ear
• 咬舌自尽yǎo shé zì jìnto commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
• 咬着耳朵yǎo zhe ěr duowhispering in sb's ear
• 咬痕yǎo hénbite scar
• 咬钩yǎo gōu(of fish) to bite; to take the bait
• 咬甲癖yǎo jiǎ pǐonychophagia (nail biting)
• 咬嚼yǎo jiáoto chew; to masticate; to ruminate
• 咬啮yǎo nièto gnaw
• 咬人狗儿不露齿yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐlit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)…
• 咬人的狗不露齿yǎo rén de gǒu bù lòu chǐlit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)…
• 咬定牙根yǎo dìng yá gēnsee 咬紧牙关
• 咬定牙关yǎo dìng yá guānsee 咬紧牙关
• 咬紧牙根yǎo jǐn yá gēnsee 咬紧牙关

Words containing 咬

• 一口咬定yī kǒu yǎo dìngto arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement
• 程咬金Chéng Yǎo jīnCheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知节
• 叮咬dīng yǎosting; bite (of insect)
• 轻咬qīng yǎoto nibble
• 狗咬狗gǒu yǎo gǒudog-eat-dog; dogfight
• 紧咬不放jǐn yǎo bù fàng(idiom) unwilling to let go; like a dog with a bone; dogged
• 撕咬sī yǎoto tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
• 噬咬shì yǎoto bite
• 啮咬niè yǎoto gnaw
• 蜱咬病pí yǎo bìngtick-bite sickness; informal term for 发热伴血小板减少综合征
• 橙胸咬鹃chéng xiōng yǎo juān(bird species of China) orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios)
• 红腹咬鹃hóng fù yǎo juān(bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)
• 红头咬鹃hóng tóu yǎo juān(bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus)
• 反咬一口fǎn yǎo yī kǒuto make a false countercharge
• 半路杀出个程咬金bàn lù shā chū gè Chéng Yǎo jīnlit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying); fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts…
• 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng(lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope…
• 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīna dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom); to ill reward a person's kindness
• 虎咬猪hǔ yǎo zhūsee 刈包
• 半路杀出的程咬金bàn lù shā chū de Chéng Yǎo jīnsee 半路杀出个程咬金
• 一年被蛇咬，十年怕井绳yī nián bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéngsee 一朝被蛇咬，一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

Characters that look like 咬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 哦éto chant
• 哇wāWow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 唤huànto call
• 峻jùn(of mountains) high; harsh or severe
• 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
• 唆suō(bound form) to incite; to instigate

Sounds the same

Read yǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 舀to ladle out; to scoop up
• 杳dark and quiet; disappear
• 窈(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳
• 窅sunken eyes; deep and hollow; remote and obscure
• 婹svelte; sylphlike
• 崾(used in place names)
• 眑sunken eyes; deep; abstruse
• 蓔a variety of grass
• 騕name of a fabulous horse
• 鷕cry of hen pheasant
• 窔dark; deep; southeast corner of room