掐
qiā
Pinyin

Definition

掐
 - 
qiā
  1. to pick (flowers)
  2. to pinch
  3. to nip
  4. to pinch off
  5. to clutch
  6. (slang) to fight

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

掐死
qiā sǐ
  1. 1 to throttle
  2. 2 to choke to death
掐
qiā
  1. 1 to pick (flowers)
  2. 2 to pinch
  3. 3 to nip
  4. 4 to pinch off
  5. 5 to clutch
  6. 6 (slang) to fight
掐断
qiā duàn
  1. 1 cut off
  2. 2 disconnect
掐算
qiā suàn
  1. 1 to count with one's fingers
  2. 2 on the spot calculation

Sample Sentences

我有时也会偷懒不想做作业，或者掐点赴约，算是拖延症吗？
wǒ yǒushí yě huì tōulǎn bù xiǎng zuò zuòyè ，huò zhě qiādiǎn fùyuē ，suàn shì tuōyánzhèng ma ？
Sometimes I get lazy too and don't want to do my homework and sometimes I only make appointments by the skin of my teeth, do I count as a career procrastinator?
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我上次跟老板提了。他说能用的就先将就着，然后一部分一部分地升级。你也知道，电脑产品更新快，现在的主流配置，用个一两年就过时了。固定资产投资这一块，老板一直掐得比较紧，预算不多。
wǒ shàngcì gēn lǎobǎn tí le 。tā shuō néng yòng de jiù xiān jiāngjiu zhe ，ránhòu yībùfēn yībùfēn de shēngjí 。nǐ yě zhīdào ，diànnǎo chǎnpǐn gēngxīn kuài ，xiànzài de zhǔliú pèizhì ，yòng ge yī liǎng nián jiù guòshí le 。gùdìng zīchǎn tóuzī zhè yī kuài ，lǎobǎn yīzhí qiā de bǐjiào jǐn ，yùsuàn bù duō 。
I brought it up with the boss last time. He said to deal with whatever we can use, and that we'll upgrade things in batches. As you know, computer products improve quickly. Whatever current specs there are, they're outdated within a year or two. When investing in fixed assets like this, the boss is pretty tight on the budget. There isn't much there.
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