掐
HSK 7freq #7287
Meanings
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- 1.to pick (flowers)
- 2.to pinch
- 3.to nip
- 4.to pinch off
- 5.to clutch
- 6.(slang) to fight
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Wiktionary
- 1.to pinch
- 2.to strangle
- 3.to put out (a cigarette)
- 4.to cut out (a video recording, so it will not be published, usually when shooting a movie or TV program)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰroːb): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms). It may alternatively be interpreted as an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 手 (“hand”) + 臽 (“hole”).
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Components
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