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夹 jiā

to clamp

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 5
Radical
一
Traditional
夾
Type
Ideograph
Made of 夫丷 ⿻夫丷

Memory hint: A person 夫 stuck between two others 丷

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  1. 请用夹子把文件夹好。
    Qǐng yòng jiāzi bǎ wénjiàn jiā hǎo.
    Please use a clip to fasten the documents together.
    please use clip (object-marker) document clip well
  2. 这个夹子是不是你的？
    Zhège jiāzi shì bu shì nǐ de?
    Is this clip yours?
    this (measure) clip is not is your (particle) (question)
  3. 把这几张纸夹在一起吧。
    Bǎ zhè jǐ zhāng zhǐ jiā zài yìqǐ ba.
    Clip these sheets of paper together.
    (object-marker) this several (measure) paper clip at together (suggestion)
  4. 他说话夹杂着不少方言，我听不太懂。
    Tā shuōhuà jiāzázhe bù shǎo fāngyán, wǒ tīng bú tài dǒng.
    His speech is mixed with quite a bit of dialect, I can't quite understand it.
    he speak mix-with-(particle) not few dialect I listen not too understand
  5. 桌子上放着一个红色的文件夹子。
    Zhuōzi shàng fàngzhe yí gè hóngsè de wénjiàn jiāzi.
    A red document clip sits on the table.
    table on put-(particle) one (measure) red (particle) document clip

Words with 夹 (3)