咬

Pinyin: yǎo

to bite; to nip

Example sentence

不要再咬指甲了。

Bù yào zài yǎo zhǐjia le.

Stop biting your nails.

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What 咬 means

咬 (yǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to bite; to nip”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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