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夹

jiā

HSK 5 Character Traditional 夾

What 夹 means

1. to press from either side
2. to place in between
3. to sandwich
4. to carry sth under armpit
5. wedged between
6. between
7. to intersperse
8. to mix
9. to mingle
10. clip
11. folder
12. Taiwan pr. jiá

Other readings

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

• gāused in {夹肢窝|gā zhi wō}
• jiádouble-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
• jiávariant of {夹|jiá}

Example sentences

• 这夹克很合身。
  This jacket is a tight fit.
• 我有一本剪报夹。
  Wǒ yǒu yī běn jiǎnbào jiā.
  I have a newspaper clipping file.
• 我们吃面包夹黄油。
  Wǒmen chī miànbāo jiā huángyóu.
  We eat butter on bread.
• 我的文件夹去哪了？
  Wǒ de wénjiànjiā qù nǎ le?
  Where's my folder?
• 我们被两面夹击了。
  Wǒmen bèi liǎngmiàn jiājī le.
  We were attacked from both sides.
• 我的手被门夹到了。
  I caught my finger in the door.

Words starting with 夹

• 夹子jiā ziclip; clamp; tongs
• 夹杂jiā záto mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix
• 夹克jiā kè(loanword) jacket; also pr. jiá kè
• 夹缝jiā fèngcrack; crevice
• 夹带jiā dàito carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in
• 夹道jiā dàoa narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street
• 夹击jiā jīpincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack
• 夹层jiā cénghollow layer between two solid layers; (architecture) mezzanine
• 夹板jiā bǎnwooden boards used to press sth together; (medicine) splint
• 夹竹桃jiā zhú táooleander (Nerium oleander)
• 夹具jiā jùclamp; fixture (machining)
• 夹心jiā xīnto fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking); stuffed
• 夹批jiā pīcritical annotations between the lines
• 夹持jiā chíto clamp; tongs
• 夹攻jiā gōngattack from two sides; pincer movement; converging attack
• 夹断jiā duànto nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off
• 夹生jiā shēnghalf-cooked; (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc
• 夹当jiā dāngcrucial moment; critical time
• 夹盘jiā pánchuck (for a drill etc)
• 夹紧jiā jǐnto clamp; to grip
• 夹角jiā jiǎoangle (between two intersecting lines)
• 夹头jiā tóu(machinery) collet; chuck
• 夹塞儿jiā sāi rto cut into a line; queue-jumping
• 夹子音jiā zi yīn(colloquial) (neologism, attested by 2021) cutesy high-pitched voice

Words containing 夹

• 文件夹wén jiàn jiāfolder; file (paper)
• 皮夹pí jiāwallet; Taiwan pr. pí jiá
• 包夹bāo jiāto surround; to hem in; (sports) double-teaming
• 弹夹dàn jiāammunition clip; cartridge clip; magazine
• 纸夹zhǐ jiāpaper clip
• 衣夹yī jiāclothespin; clothes peg
• 钱夹qián jiāwallet; Taiwan pr. qián jiá
• 防夹fáng jiāantipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)
• 发夹fà jiāhair clip
• 收藏夹shōu cáng jiāfavorites folder (web browser)
• 档案夹dàng àn jiāfile folder; portfolio
• 变调夹biàn diào jiā(music) capo
• 资料夹zī liào jiā(file) folder
• 雨夹雪yǔ jiā xuěsleet; mixture of snow and rain
• 受夹板气shòu jiā bǎn qìto be attacked by both sides in a quarrel; to be caught in the crossfire
• 背夹电池bèi jiā diàn chíbattery case (for a smartphone)
• 双人包夹shuāng rén bāo jiā(sports) double-teaming
• 胡桃夹子Hú táo Jiā ziThe Nutcracker (ballet)
• 缠夹chán jiāto annoy; to bother; to harass
• 缠夹不清chán jiā bù qīngto muddle things together (idiom); to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk
• 晾衣夹liàng yī jiāclothes pin
• 鳄鱼夹è yú jiācrocodile clip; spring clip
• 肉夹馍ròu jiā mólit. meat wedged in steamed bun; "Chinese burger"; sliced meat sandwich popular in north…
• 缠夹二先生chán jiā èr xiān shengannoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly

Characters that look like 夹

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

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 央yāngcenter; end; to beg
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 奂huànexcellent

Sounds the same

Read jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 家used in 家伙
• 加to add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 嘉excellent; auspicious; to praise
• 佳beautiful; fine; good
• 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 镓gallium (chemistry)
• 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
• 枷cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈gamma; jewelry
• 茄phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹
• 痂scab
• 耞flail (for threshing grain); old variant of 枷