English
- bite, gnaw
- to bite
- (verb) 1. accuse; 2. pronounce (on words); 3. to secretly ear whisper to others "咬耳仔"
- to nip
- to bite
- to use tools to clamp down on, or to bind or stick two things together
- to falsely accuse; to implicate someone in a crime
- pronunciation
粵語
- 用口或者牙齒夾實、插穿或者撕裂一啲嘢
- 用工具鉗住或卡住啲嘢
- 誣諂、牽連
- 發音
Variants
Words containing 咬
- 咬字ngaau5 zi6
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise)
- 咬口ngaau5 hau2
bite the mouth; tender
- 咬雲ngaau5 wan4
to smoke opium [colloquial]
- 咬草ngaau5 cou2
to smoke weed [colloquial]
- 咬飯ngaau5 faan6
to eat [colloquial]
- 咬糧ngaau5 loeng4
to live on a retirement service pension after retiring from a government position
- 大咬daai6 ngaau5
greedy; describes someone who is difficult to satisfy [colloquial]
- 咬住ngaau5 zyu6
to pick someone up on something; to be in hot pursuit of someone
- 咬定ngaau5 ding6
to insist; to maintain that ...
- 咬牙ngaau5 ngaa4
to clench one's teeth
- 咬灰ngaau5 fui1
to take heroin [colloquial]
- 咬鉤ngaau5 ngau1
(of fish) to bite; to take the bait
- 咬我食ngaau5 ngo5 sik6
…cannot intervene
- 咬老軟ngaau5 lou5 jyun5
to be a ponce; to be a man who lives off a woman [colloquial]
- 咬弦ngaau5 jin4
to describe when two people or more hold different opinions or argue a lot
- 咬唔入ngaau5 m4 jap6
having no chance of winning against someone, often used to describe a lawsuit
- 咬兜ngaau5 dau1
to smoke a pipe [colloquial]
- 咬嚼ngaau5 zoek3
to chew
- 咬耳仔ngaau5 ji5 zai2
the act of someone sharing a secret with another, with such a soft tone that they have to literally talk into each others' ears to be able to hear what it being said; literally 'biting ears'
- 咬痕ngaau5 han4
bite scar
- 咬耳朵ngaau5 ji5 do2
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
- 咬過世ngaau5 gwo3 sai3
to live on something for the rest of one's life
- 一口咬定jat1 hau2 ngaau5 ding6
to arbitrarily assert
- 咬嚙ngaau5 jit6
to gnaw