夹 (夾)
jiā
Pinyin

Definition

夹 (夾)
 - 
jiā
  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]
夹 (夾)
 - 
jiá
  1. double-layered
  2. lined (garment)
夹 (裌)
 - 
jiá
  1. variant of 夾|夹[jiá]
夹 (夾)
 - 
jià
  1. Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jiā shēng] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jiā zhú táo]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

策
cè
  1. 1 variant: 策 cè
颊
jiá
  1. 1 cheeks
荚
jiá
  1. 1 pod (botany)
陜
xiá
  1. 1 狹|狭 narrow
  2. 2 峽|峡 gorge
  3. 3 used erroneously for 陝|陕 Shaanxi
郏
jiá
  1. 1 name of a district in Henan

Sample Sentences

我帮你夹。
wǒ bāng nǐ jiā 。
Let me get the food for you.
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写字的时候，笔要拿直，拇指食指夹住笔身，其它手指靠着作为辅助，手掌心中空，想象里面有颗鸡蛋。
xiězì de shíhou ，bǐ yào ná zhí ，mǔzhǐ shízhǐ jiā zhù bǐ shēn ，qítā shǒuzhǐ kàozhe zuòwéi fǔzhù ，shǒuzhǎngxīn zhōngkòng ，xiǎngxiàng lǐmiàn yǒu kē jīdàn 。
When you are writing Chinese calligraphy, you have to hold the pen straight. Use your thumb and forefinger to clamp onto the body of the calligraphy brush. The other fingers can be used as additional support. The palm of your hand needs to be empty. You can imagine an egg sitting in the palm on your hand (so that you don't crush it).
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怎么可能！刚刚剪刀确实是我一时大意但是一百毫升的限制我可是确实遵守的喔，你看我把我的化妆水都放在这个透明夹链袋里了。
zěnme kěnéng ！gānggang jiǎndāo quèshí shì wǒ yīshí dàyi dànshì yī bǎi háoshēng de xiànzhì wǒ kěshì quèshí zūnshǒu de ō ，nǐ kàn wǒ bǎ wǒ de huàzhuāngshuǐ dōu fàng zài zhège tòumíng jiāliàndài lǐ le 。
How is that possible? I did muck up with the scissors just now, but I did respect the 100 milliliter restriction. Look, I put my toner in this transparent ziplock bag.
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我还不了解你，每次见异性朋友都特随便，头也不洗，衣服也不换，随便蹬着一双夹脚拖就出门，别跟我扯那叫什么“随性”。
wǒ hái bù liǎojiě nǐ ，měicì jiàn yìxìng péngyou dōu tè suíbiàn ，tóu yě bù xǐ ，yīfu yě bù huàn ，suíbiàn dēng zhe yī shuāngjiājiǎotuō jiù chūmén ，bié gēn wǒ chě nà jiào shénme “suíxìng ”。
I still don't understand you. Every time you meet friends of the opposite sex you're always so careless about your appearance. You leave the house without washing your hair or changing into nice clothes and you wear a pair of flip flops. Don't come to me with your talk about your "casual look".
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嫌不卫生用公筷呀，菜还是都在桌上好，热热闹闹的，大家可以相互夹菜。
xián bù wèishēng yòng gōngkuài ya ，cài háishi dōu zài zhuō shàng hǎo ，rèrènàonào de ，dàjiā kěyǐ xiānghù jiācài 。
Well use serving chopsticks if you dislike the unhygienic aspect. To have all the food on the table is more fun.......
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上次我和同事聚餐，都用公筷夹菜，结果我吃着吃着，发现自己居然在用公筷吃饭了！
shàngcì wǒ hé tóngshì jùcān ，dōu yòng gōngkuài jiācài ，jiéguǒ wǒ chī zhe chī zhe ，fāxiàn zìjǐ jūrán zài yòng gōngkuài chīfàn le ！
The last time I dined with my colleagues, we used serving chopsticks to pick up the food to our plates. In the end I kept eating and found myself using the serving chopsticks instead!
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这里是燕郊，夹在京津之间的一块飞地，河北三河市的一个镇，距离天安门仅有三十多公里。
zhèlǐ shì yānjiāo ，jiā zài Jīng jīn zhījiān de yī kuài fēidì ，Héběi Sānhéshì de yī ge zhèn ，jùlí Tiānānmén jǐn yǒu sānshí duō gōnglǐ 。
This is Yanjiao, an enclave sandwiched between Beijing and Tianjin, a town in Sanhe City, Hebei Province, just over 30 kilometers from Tiananmen Square.
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夹断
jiāduàn
to pinch off
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夹
jiā
to clip; to press something from two sides
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哎呀，别这样嘛，好歹我皮夹里除了我爸妈和偶像的照片之外，就是我跟你的合照了，我这么爱你，算是你三生有幸啊。
āiyā ，bié zhèyàng ma ，hǎodǎi wǒ píjiá lǐ chúle wǒ bà mā hé ǒuxiàng de zhàopiàn zhīwài ，jiùshì wǒ gēn nǐ de hézhào le ，wǒ zhème ài nǐ ，suàn shì nǐ sānshēng yǒuxìng ā 。
Hey! Don't be like that. No matter what, I always have a photo of us together in my wallet, as well as the one of my mum and dad and my pop idols. You should be pleased that I love you so much,
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