"to nibble" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
kěn to gnaw / to nibble / to bite syn
轻咬 輕咬 qīng yǎo to nibble
zhòng (literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
蚕食 蠶食 cán shí (lit. and fig.) to nibble away at syn
shí to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode syn
蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn
蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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