夹, jiā
Meaning: to pick up (with chopsticks), to pinch, to hold between
HSK 6 word
Example
他用筷子夹了一块肉。
Tā yòng kuàizi jiāle yí kuài ròu.
He picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks.
More HSK 6 words
- 撒sǎto sprinkle, to scatter, to spill
- 塞sāito stuff, to squeeze in, stopper
- 扑pūto pounce, to throw oneself at
- 喷pēnto spray, to spurt
- 扎zhāto prick, to pierce, to plunge into
- 挖wāto dig
- 吊diàoto hang, to lift (with a rope)
- 撑chēngto prop up, to hold open (an umbrella), to be stuffed full
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