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夹

jiā · jia/jiá · jia/jià · jia

Traditional 夾 / 裌

HSK 5

Meaning

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jiā 夾

  1. to press from either side
  2. to place in between
  3. to sandwich
  4. to carry sth under armpit
  5. wedged between
  6. between
  7. to intersperse
  8. to mix
  9. to mingle
  10. clip
  11. folder
  12. Taiwan pr. [jiá]

jiá 夾

  1. double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)

jià 夾

  1. Taiwan pr. used in 夾生 / 夹生 (jiā shēng) and 夾竹桃 / 夹竹桃 (jiā zhú táo)

jiá 裌

  1. variant of 夾 / 夹 (jiá)
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Bean contest

  1. Liangliang

    用(yòng)筷子(kuàizi)夹(jiā)豆子(dòuzi)，我(wǒ)比(bǐ)你(nǐ)快(kuài)。

    Picking up beans with chopsticks, I am faster than you.

  2. Dengdeng

    来(lái)比一比(bǐyibǐ)！我(wǒ)夹到(jiādào)了(le)十颗(shíkē)！

    Let us compete! I picked up ten!

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)夹到(jiādào)了(le)九颗(jiǔkē)。

    I picked up nine.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)赢(yíng)了(le)！

    I won!

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)是(shì)用(yòng)手(shǒu)夹(jiā)的(de)吧(ba)？

    You used your hand, right?

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2 examples
01

今(jīn)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)，我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)面(miàn)包(bāo)夹(jiā)黄(huáng)油(yóu)。

I ate bread and butter this morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

好(hǎo)痛(tòng)！被(bèi)门(mén)夹(jiā)到(dào)手(shǒu)指(zhǐ)了(le)！

Ouch! My finger got caught in the door.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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