| yǎo | to bite/to nip |
| 咬 | to bite to nip |
| 咬人狗儿不露齿 | the dog that bites does not show its fangs (saying); fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance. |
| 咬伤 | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) |
| 咬住 | bite into; grip; snap at sth; galling; seizing; freeze; seize |
| 咬合 | occlude; occlusion; holding-on; coherence; joining-up; clutch; bite; articulation |
| 咬合不良 | (of teeth) malocclusion |
| 咬合的 | occlusive; occludent; occlusive occlusive; occlusal |
| 咬啮 | to gnaw |
| 咬嘴 | be difficult to articulate; be awkward-sounding |
| 咬嚼 | to chew to masticate to ruminate |
| 咬字 | To pronounce a word |
| 咬字儿 | pronounce; articulate |
| 咬字眼儿 | be nitpicking on words |
| 咬定 | insist |
| 咬文嚼字 | to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording |
| 咬牙 | to clench one's teeth to grind the teeth gnaw |
| 咬牙切齿 | gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger fuming with rage between gritted teeth |
| 咬痕 | bite scar |
| 咬的 | mordacious; rodent |
| 咬破 | to break by the teeth; to bite through |