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揪

jiū · jiu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to seize
  2. to clutch
  3. to grab firmly and pull
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Do not get lost

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，别(bié)走(zǒu)那么(nàme)快(kuài)，我(wǒ)揪(jiū)住(zhù)你(nǐ)的(de)袖子(xiùzi)吧(ba)。

    Dengdeng, do not walk so fast. I will grab your sleeve.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，揪住(jiūzhù)了(le)，这儿(zhèr)人(rén)太(tài)多(duō)了(le)。

    OK, got hold. It is very busy here.

  3. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)先(xiān)去(qù)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Where do we go first?

  4. Dengdeng

    先(xiān)去(qù)吃(chī)臭豆腐(chòudòufu)！

    First, stinky tofu!

  5. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)揪住(jiūzhù)不(bù)放(fàng)，不会(bùhuì)走丢(zǒudiū)。

    OK. I will not let go. We will not get lost.

  6. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)！你(nǐ)揪(jiū)的(de)是(shì)别人(biéren)！

    But I am over here! You are holding someone else!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)生(shēng)气(qì)地(de)揪(jiū)住(zhù)我(wǒ)的(de)衣(yī)领(lǐng)。

He angrily grabbed my collar.

02

她(tā)轻(qīng)轻(qīng)揪(jiū)了(le)一(yí)下(xià)弟(dì)弟(di)的(de)耳(ěr)朵(duo)。

She gently tweaked her little brother's ear.

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