English
- grasp, clutch
- to grip forcefully
- to grip; to hold tightly
- choke, strangle
- to clutch at
- to guard
- to control
- to hold
粵語
- 好大力咁捉住一啲嘢
Variants
Words containing 扼
- 扼殺ak1 saat3
to strangle
- 扼要ak1 jiu3
to the point
- 扼守ak1 sau2
to hold a pass
- 扼制aak1 zai3
to control
- 扼死ak1 sei2
to strangle
- 扼實ak1 sat6
- 扼頸ak1 geng2
to strangle
- 扼腕ak1 wun2
to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)
- 扼喉撫背aak1 hau4 fu2 bui3
lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
- 簡明扼要gaan2 ming4 ak1 jiu3
brief and to the point (idiom)
- 扼襟控咽ak1 kam1 hung3 jin1
to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass