English
- bite, gnaw
- to gnaw
- to erode
Variants
Words containing 嚙
- 嚙合jit6 hap6
(of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh
- 咬嚙ngaau5 jit6
to gnaw
- 老嚙嚙lou5 ngat6 ngat6
very old (age) [colloquial]
- 老嚙嚙lou5 ngat6 ngat6
very old (age) [colloquial]
- 嚙牙ngaat6 ngaa2
- 嚙齒jit6 ci2
- 嚙齒動物jit6 ci2 dung6 mat6
rodent
- 嚙齒目ngit6 ci2 muk6
order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc)
- 窮鼠嚙狸kung4 syu2 ngit6 lei4
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on