咬

yǎo

yǎospelled as iao · 3rd tone — spelling rules

to bite · to nip

Radical: 口 Strokes: 9 HSK 5

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

口合名和同台命器古可后司

Same radical

口合名和同台命器古可后司号周品

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Character Decomposition

咬=口+交

Etymology

mouth

Meanings

to bite

to nip

yǎo

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Words with 咬 83 total

(of a mosquito etc) to bite叮咬dīng yǎo to gnaw啮咬niè yǎo to clench one's teeth · to grind the teeth · gnaw咬牙yǎo yá to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) · to enunciate咬字yǎo zì to assert · to insist that咬定yǎo dìng

Idioms with 咬 17 total Chain

(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly · (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet咬紧牙关yǎo jǐn yá guān lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) · fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.咬人狗儿不露齿yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording咬文嚼字yǎo wén jiáo zì