咬
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to bite; to nip
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 咬
- Common rank
- #1,587
- Unicode
- U+54AC
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Formation & memory
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Words with 咬
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半路杀出的程咬金 | see 半路殺出個程咬金|半路杀出个程咬金[ban4 lu4 sha1 chu1 ge4 Cheng2 Yao3 jin1] | |
| 半路杀出个程咬金 | lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying); fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts … | |
| 一口咬定 | to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view | |
| 反咬一口 | to make a false countercharge | |
| 咬人狗儿不露齿 | lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom); fig. You can't tell the really da… | |
| 咬人的狗不露齿 | lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom); fig. the most sinister of people c… | |
| 咬定牙关 | see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1] | |
| 咬定牙根 | see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1] | |
| 程咬金 | Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty | |
| 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心 | a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom); to ill reward a person's kindness | |
| 紧咬不放 | (idiom) unwilling to let go; like a dog with a bone; dogged | |
| 一年被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 | see 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳[yi1 zhao1 bei4 she2 yao3 , shi2 nian2 pa4 jing3 sheng2] | |
| 咬舌自尽 | to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue | |
| 咬紧牙关 | (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite t… | |
| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 | (lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (s… | |
| 咬合 | (of uneven surfaces) to fit together; (of gear wheels) to mesh; (dentistry) occlusion; bit… | |
| 咬紧牙根 | see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1] | |
| 红头咬鹃 | (bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) | |
| 咬定 | to assert; to insist that | |
| 咬牙切齿 | (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 交 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交 sound part | to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix | |
| 校 | school; military field officer | |
| 效 | result, effect; effective | |
| 较 | to compare; relatively; more | |
| 绞 | intertwined; to twist, to wring; to hang a criminal | |
| 郊 | suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space | |
| 饺 | stuffed dumplings | |
| 狡 | cunning, deceitful, treacherous | |
| 皎 | white; bright, brilliant; clear | |
| 鲛 | shark | |
| 跤 | to tumble, to fall; to wrestle | |
| 蛟 | a legendary scaled dragon | |
| 佼 | beautiful, handsome, good-looking | |
| 姣 | beautiful, handsome, pretty | |
| 洨 | a river in Hebei province | |
| 茭 | an edible aquatic grass; Zizania aquatica |