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› 咬
咬
ngaau5
Mandarin: yao3
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1
to bite
2
to nip
3
to gnaw
4
to snap at
5
to incriminate
6
to accuse
7
to articulate
8
to pronounce
9
# adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 咬
咬飯
ngaau5
faan6
to eat [colloquial]
大咬
daai6
ngaau5
greedy; describes someone who is difficult to satisfy [colloquial]
鬥咬
dau3
ngaau5
to fight and bite each other
咬蔗啦去
ngaau5
ze3
laa1
heoi3
go piss off! [colloquial]
咬我食
ngaau5
ngo5
sik6
stop whatever I am doing in anyway; …simply can't do anything to me [colloquia
咬雲
ngaau5
wan4
to smoke opium [colloquial]
死口咬實
sei2
hau2
ngaau5
sat6
cling to one's view | to insist | stick
咬牙
ngaau5
ngaa4
to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth; gnaw
咬住唔放
au5
zyu6
m4
fong3
not give up an argument
無聲狗咬死人
mou4
seng1
gau2
ngaau5
sei2
jan4
(Cantonese analogy- figurative meaning) a soundless dog will bite someone to dea
咬灰
ngaau5
fui1
to take heroin [colloquial]
一朝被蛇咬
jat1
ziu1
bei6
se4
ngaau5
A burnt dog dreads the fire;once bitten, twice shy
咬老軟
ngaau5
lou5
jyun5
to be a ponce; to be a man who lives off a woman [colloquial]
貓咬熱
maau1
ngaau5
jit6
catbite fever (pasteurellosis)
咬一啖
ngaau5
jat1
daam6
Have a bite
飛擒大咬
fei1
kam4
daai6
ngaau5
to be greedy | over-eager, often used to describe price gouging; literally 'to t
咬兜
ngaau5
dau1
to smoke a pipe [colloquial]
咬耳仔
ngaau5
ji5
zai2
the act of someone sharing a secret with another, with such a soft tone that the
咬口唇
ngaau5
hau2
seon4
bite the lips
咬字
ngaau5
zi6
enunciate
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