夹 (夾) jiā

  1. jiā verb to press from either side; to sandwich
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '夾' 1; Kroll 2015 '夾' 1a, p. 191; Mathews 1931 '夾', p. 82)
  2. jiā adjective on both sides of something
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '夾' 2; Kroll 2015 '夾' 1, p. 191)
  3. jiā verb to be near to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '夾', p. 82)
  4. jiā verb to pick up with chopsticks
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '夾', p. 82)
  5. jiā verb to carry in secret
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '夾', p. 82)
  6. jiā noun a clip; tongs; a pincer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 夹 has a similar meaning to 钳夹 (Kroll 2015 '夾' 2)
  7. jiá noun a sword hilt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In place of 铗 (GHC '夾' 7; Kroll 2015 '夾' 5, p. 191)
  8. jiā verb to hold to; to cling to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夾' 3, p. 191)
  9. jiā verb to insert between
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夾' 4, p. 191; Mathews 1931 '夾', p. 82)
  10. jiā measure word a measure word for leaves or pages
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially, palm leaves (GHC '夾' 6)
  11. jiá noun two layers; lining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '夾' 8; Mathews 1931 '夾', p. 82)
  12. jiá proper noun Jia
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '夾' 9)

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