jiā jiá

to sandwich; to place in between; to press from either side

HSK 5 #1758

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1758th character
Radical ⼀ (1.5)
Strokes 6
Index # 402
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

夹 jiā
  1. 1. to sandwich
  2. 2. to place in between
  3. 3. to press from either side
  4. 4. between
  5. 5. to carry sth under armpit
  6. 6. to mix
  7. 7. to mingle
  8. 8. to intersperse
  9. 9. clip
  10. 10. folder
  11. 11. wedged between
  12. 12. Taiwan pr. jiá
夹 jiá
  1. 1. variant of jiá
  2. 2. double-layered
  3. 3. lined (garment)
夹 jià
  1. 1. Taiwan pr. used in jiā shēng and jiā zhú táo

Stroke order

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Words containing 夹

Word Meaning
in a muddle; completely mixed up
queue-jumping; to cut into a line
(coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)
to have one's tail between one's legs
Jiashan National Forest Park in Hunan
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Hunan
sandwich cookie
critical annotations between the lines
to clamp; tongs
to pinch off; to nip (i.e. cut short)
Jiajiang county in Leshan lè shān, Sichuan
Jiajiang county in Leshan lè shān, Sichuan
half-cooked
half-cooked rice; unfinished job
critical time; crucial moment
erhua variant of jiā dāng
chuck (for a drill etc)
to grip; to clamp
armpit; also written gā zhi wō
flip-flops
flip-flops
lined jacket; double layered jacket
fig. to back down; in a humiliating situation
tongs
favorites folder (web browser)