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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yǎo]
  1. 1. verb [指用嘴] bite
  2. 2. verb [夹住] grip
    这个钳子太小,不住。
    These pliers are too small – I can't get a grip.
  3. 3. verb [牵扯] incriminate
  4. 4. verb [过分钻研] nit-pick
  5. 5. verb [紧追] be neck and neck

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[yǎo]
  1. 1. verb bite; snap at; strike; chew;nip
    被蛇
    be bitten by a snake
    一口
    take a bite
    不动
    too tough to bite (or chew)
  2. 2. verb grip; bite
    双方比分一直得很紧。
    The score was very close throughout the match.
    这个旧螺母不住扣儿了。
    This old nut won't bite (or grip).
  3. 3. verb (of a dog) bark
    鸡叫狗
    cocks crow and dogs bark
  4. 4. verb incriminate another person (usually innocent) when blamed or interrogated
    好人。
    Don't implicate the innocent.
  5. 5. verb [Dialect] corrode (metals); irritate (the skin)
    这把刀埋在地里让土了。
    The knife had been buried in the ground and was corroded.
    我最怕漆
    I'm allergic to paint. or My skin is allergic to paint.
  6. 6. verb pronounce; articulate
    这个字他不准。
    He can't pronounce this word correctly.
  7. 7. verb be nitpicking (about the use of words)
    字眼儿
    be nitpicking on words

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[yǎo]
  1. 1. 上下牙相对用力,把东西夹住、切断
    紧牙关。
    饼太硬,不动。
    这只狗老人。
  2. 2. 用钳子等夹住;齿轮、螺丝等互相扣紧卡住
    用管钳把水管子紧。
    裤脚被自行车链子住了。
  3. 3. (竞赛或军事上)追赶;紧逼
    住敌机不放。
    两人比分交替上升,得很紧。
  4. 4. 受审讯或责难时牵扯上无关或无辜的人
    好人。
    一口。
  5. 5. 把话说死了不再改变
    一口定。
  6. 6. 念出或唱出(字音)
    这个字我不准。
    字清楚。
  7. 7. 注重钻研(字句的意义)
    文嚼字。
  8. 8. (狗)叫;(蚊虫)叮
    半夜狗了好一阵子。
    脸上让蚊子了好几个包。

Examples

蚊子得腿上直痒痒。
The mosquito bites on my legs itch terribly.
一口
take a bite
双方比分一直得很紧。
The score was very close throughout the match.
字音得真
pronounce words distinctly
着嘴唇
bite one's lips
他被虼蚤了,浑身痛痒。
He has been bitten by a flea and is suffering from pain and itching.
她委屈的哭了,着衣角,让人不忍再批评了。
She cried out in grievance and gnawed on the ridge of the lower hem of her jacket, which made lose the heart to continue criticizing her.

Character Decomposition


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nciku Video Note

[yǎo]

  • Scene:

    咬汉堡 / biting a burger

  • Examples:

    咬啮 [yǎoniè],咬噬 [yǎoshì],咬紧牙关 [yáojǐnyáguān],咬文嚼字 [yǎowénjiáozì]

  • Description:

    咬 means to bite a piece of something off.

Related video notes: 咬、啃、叼、含、啄

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