"to nip" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
掐	qiā	to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight	syn
拈	niān	to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2]	syn
夹断夾斷	jiā duàn	to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
鬼子	guǐ zi	devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip	syn
寒意	hán yì	a nip in the air / chilliness
防微杜渐防微杜漸	fáng wēi dù jiàn	to nip in the bud (idiom)	syn
拈	nián	to nip / to grasp with fingers / to draw lots	syn
防患未然	fáng huàn wèi rán	to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud	syn
杜渐防萌杜漸防萌	dù jiān fáng méng	to nip in the bud
防患未萌	fáng huàn wèi méng	to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom) / to nip sth in the bud
掐断掐斷	qiā duàn	to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect
打蛇不死	dǎ shé bù sǐ	beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom) / nip the problem in the bud
东洋鬼東洋鬼	dōng yáng guǐ	(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip
东洋鬼子東洋鬼子	dōng yáng guǐ zi	(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip

The four tones

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