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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 咬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
咬 yǎo - to bite
- to nip
咬 yǎo - variant of 咬[yao3]

List Ranking for: 咬

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 1,252 3,874 2,544

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 交

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

交

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 咬

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
咬 5 5 1,252 3,874 2,544
咬紧牙关 - - 25,356 42,918 41,286
咬牙 - - 28,631 14,499 15,882
咬牙切齿 6 - 31,517 22,369 23,338
咬定 - - 38,418 53,498 41,538
一口咬定 - - 38,855 45,343 56,978
咬合 - - 42,558 45,469 43,376
咬嚼 - - 60,377 - -
咬啮 - - 75,002 - -