| 夾 | 231C20 12.81 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄐㄧㄚˊ [jia2] (*ㄐㄧㄚ [jia1] , *ㄐㄧㄚˋ [jia4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Tweezers, pincers, pliers: 夾子 [jia2zi0]↓; 火夾 fire tongs. (2) A small case, boards for keeping things in place: 信夾 a case for holding letters, a letter clip; 書夾 book ends; 紙夾 a paper clip. (3) A fastener: 髮夾 hairpins; 衣夾 dress hanger, clothes rack; 領帶夾 tiepin. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To press, squeeze, compress: 夾持 [jia2chi2]↓; 夾起來 pick up (as with chopsticks); 用筷子夾 pick up with chopsticks; 夾心麵包 sandwiches; 夾鼻眼鏡 pincenez; 夾尾巴（狗） (of dogs) put the tail between the legs, (fig.) act like a coward. (2) Intermix: 夾七夾八 to foul up; 夾雜 [jia2za2]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | Furnished with a lining: 夾衣，夾襖，夾褲 a lined coat, jacket, trousers; 夾大衣 a spring overcoat. | |||||
| Words | 1. 夾板 *[jia1ban3], n., (1) thin boards for holding things together; (2) an instrument of torture: 上夾板 (lit. & fig.) put on the rack; (3) 三夾板 plywood. 2. 夾壁牆兒 *[jia1bi4qiang2er0], n., an impossible fix, a predicament: 他掉在夾壁牆裡了 he finds himself between the devil and the deep sea. 3. 夾氣傷寒 [jia2qi4shang1han2], n., pop. term for typhoid. 4. 夾持 [jia2chi2], v.t., hold in between, press on both sides. 5. 夾袋 [jia2dai4]1, n., anything one keeps for the rainy day: 夾袋人物 persons whom one can implicitly trust and share responsibilities with. 6. 夾帶 [jia2dai4]2, (1) n., contraband (goods); (2) v.t., to bring in illegally notes by students during examination. 7. 夾道 [jia2dao4], n., a narrow passageway. 8. 夾棍 [jia2gun4], n., formerly, an instrument of torture, a rack. 9. 夾攻 [jia2gong1], v.t. & n., (make) a pincers movement against (the enemy). 10. 夾間兒 *[jia2jia4er0], n., space in between two things (also 兩夾間兒). 11. 夾擊 [jia2ji2], v.t., to attack from both flanks. 12. 夾注 [jia2zhu4], n., (printing) interlinear notes: 夾注號 parentheses, brackets. 13. 夾竹桃 *[jia4zhu2tao2], n., (bot.) sweet-scented oleander, Nerium odorum. 14. 夾生 *[jia4sheng0], adj., not thoroughly cooked, underdone: 這飯煮夾生了 the rice is not well cooked. 15. 夾餡兒 *[jia4xia4er0], n., stuffed food. 16. 夾彩 [jia2cai2], n., (of pottery, porcelain) the second coating of color. 17. 夾子 *[jia2zi0], n., (1) tongs, pincers, pliers, forceps; (2) a wallet, a billfold, a purse. 18. 夾雜 [jia2za2], (1) v,t., mix up, blend; (2) adj., mixed up, confused, impure. | |||||