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jiá

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jiá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiá | jia2
English translation
lance; to lightly tap or strike

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About jiá

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

jiá

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To strike  someone on the nose 

Etymology of jiá

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

一自戈

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Example sentences using jiá

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zài 去往戛纳 Jiá nà de 途中 tú zhōng 拒绝 jùjué le de 挑逗 tiǎo dòu

She rejected his advances during the trip to Cannes.

接下来 jiē xià lái shuì 的话 de huà 使 shǐ 谈话 tán huà 戛然而止 jiá rán ér zhǐ

Her next remark abruptly terminated the conversation.

Words with jiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
戛纳 Jiá nà Cannes (France)戛納
戛然而止 jiá rán ér zhǐ with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)戛然而止 jiá rán ér zhǐ
jiá lance jiá
戛然 jiá rán to be loud and clear戛然 jiá rán
戛戛独造 jiá jiá dú zào creative戛戛獨造

jiá Decomposition & Compounds

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