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咬
yǎo
1. to bite
2. to nip
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

咬
yǎo
to bite, to gnaw
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

叮咬
dīngyǎo
sting
咬伤
yǎoshāng
bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite)
咬合
yǎohé
(of uneven surfaces) to fit together
咬啮
yǎoniè
to gnaw
咬嚼
yǎojiáo
to chew
咬牙
yǎoyá
to clench one's teeth
咬痕
yǎohén
bite scar
咬钩
yǎogōu
to bite
咬啮
yǎoniè
variant of [[咬嚙|咬啮<yǎoniè>]]
噬咬
shìyǎo
to bite
撕咬
sīyǎo
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
轻咬
qīngyǎo
nibble
齧咬
nièyǎo
gnaw
咬唇妆
yǎochúnzhuāng
bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
咬甲癖
yǎojiǎpǐ
onychophagia (nail biting)
狗咬狗
gǒuyǎogǒu
dog-eat-dog
虎咬猪
hǔyǎozhū
see [[刈包<guàbāo>]]
蜱咬病
píyǎobìng
tick-bite sickness
一口咬定
yīkǒuyǎodìng
to arbitrarily assert
反咬一口
fǎnyǎoyīkǒu
to make a false counter-charge

Alternate Entries

咬
yǎo
variant of [[咬<yǎo>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,657
Word Frequency Rank
1,988 of 84,292

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