She bit him.
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咬
Traditional: 齩
yǎo
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5
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yǎo · ngaau5 (Jyutping)
- to bite
- to nip
- variant of 咬[yao3]
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Tom gritted his teeth.
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