Meaning of 掐
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
qiā
- to pick (flowers)
- to pinch
- to nip
- to pinch off
- to clutch
- (slang) to fight
掐 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
放开我，你正在掐着我的脖子。
Let me go, you're choking me.
Stroke order for each character
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掐 qiā · to pick · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 掐.
| 掐死 | qiāsǐ | to throttle; to choke to death |
Questions about 掐
What does 掐 mean?
掐 (qiā) means "to pick (flowers); to pinch" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 掐?
掐 is made of 1 character: 掐 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 掐 an HSK word?
Yes. 掐 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.