to nip off (with fingernails etc); (fig.) to cut off (supply etc); to disconnect
trad. 掐斷
Also written 掐斷【qiā duàn】
Characters in this word
2掐
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to pick (flowers), to pinch, to nip, to pinch off, to clutch, (slang) to fight
- Pinyin
- qiā
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 15444 of 2500
断
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500