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夹子

jiā zi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 夾子

夹子 (jiā zi) means "clip; clamp; tongs". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 夹子 means

1. clip
2. clamp
3. tongs
4. folder
5. wallet

The characters in 夹子

• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 汤姆找不到锅铲了，只好用夹子为煎饼翻面。
  Unable to find a spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.

Words starting with 夹子

• 夹子音jiā zi yīn(colloquial) (neologism, attested by 2021) cutesy high-pitched voice

Words containing 夹子

• 胡桃夹子Hú táo Jiā ziThe Nutcracker (ballet)

Sounds the same

Read jiā zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 家子household; family

Where 夹子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms A (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiā zi correctly.
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