撕咬

Chinese

		to tear	bite; nip
simp. and trad. (撕咬)		撕	咬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīyǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ ngaau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīyǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihyǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-yao³
    • Yale: sz̄-yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyeau
    • Palladius: сыяо (syjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ ngaau⁵
    • Yale: sī ngáauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ ngaau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ngao⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ ŋaːu̯¹³/

Verb

撕咬

1. (typically of an animal) to tear at (with the teeth)