Chinese word dictionary

咬钩

yǎo gōu · (of fish) to bite; to take the bait

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Word information

Simplified咬钩

Traditional咬鉤

Pinyinyǎo gōu

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

咬yǎo

to bite, to gnaw

钩gōu

hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link

How to learn 咬钩

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Words with the same characters

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咬yǎo

to bite; to nip; variant of 咬[yao3]

钩gōu

to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch; variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]

挂钩guàgōu

to couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}); (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc); hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling

钩子gōu zi

hook

咬牙切齿yǎo yá qiè chǐ

(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage