咬 (yǎo)
to bite
How 咬 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 咬
- Simplified
- 咬 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- 亠 lid
- 八 eight/divide
- 乂 N/A
Common words using 咬
- 叮咬 dīngyǎo
- sting; bite (of insect)
- 咬牙 yǎoyá
- to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth; gnaw
- 咬牙切齒 yǎoyáqièchǐ
- gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger; fuming with rage between gritted teeth
- 咬傷 yǎoshāng
- bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite)
- 咬嚼 yǎojiáo
- to chew; to masticate; to ruminate
- 噬咬 shìyǎo
- to bite
- 輕咬 qīngyǎo
- nibble
咬 in a sentence
吃東西的時候要慢慢咬，不要吃太快。
Chī dōngxi de shíhòu yào mànman yǎo, búyào chī tài kuài.
“When eating, chew slowly and don't eat too fast.”
How common is 咬?
咬 is the 1,656th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.6% of all running text.
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