掐

• 拼音: qiā
• 汉字拆解: 掐 = 扌(hand) + 臼 (mortar — cupped shape) + 匕 (dagger shape) — a grasping, pinching action performed with the hand

含义

To pinch; to nip off; to grip tightly with the fingers. To pinch skin between fingers, or to nip off a shoot with the fingernails; also to strangle or to calculate by counting on fingers.

Multiple meanings: 1) pinch skin (掐人中 — pinch the philtrum to revive someone); 2) nip off a plant shoot; 3) throttle/strangle (掐脖子); 4) calculate precisely (掐指一算 — count on fingers). Common in informal speech and idioms.

例句

1. 老中医轻轻掐住患者的人中穴位，片刻后昏厥的病人便慢慢恢复了意识，呼吸逐渐平稳。
2. 她习惯每天清晨掐去花盆里多余的嫩芽，以促使植物将更多养分集中输送至主干与花蕾。
3. 两个孩子为了争夺玩具而互相掐打，父母赶紧上前将他们分开并分别安抚了各自的情绪。

用法指南

语境: medicine, daily life, gardening, colloquial

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 遇到有人突然晕厥时，可尝试轻轻掐其人中穴位，这是一种广为人知的简单急救应急手法。(If someone suddenly faints, you can try gently pinching their philtrum acupoint — this is a widely known simple first-aid technique.)
• 她掐指一算，发现距离项目截止日期只剩不到十天，立刻催促团队加快推进各项工作进度。(She counted on her fingers and realised fewer than ten days remained before the project deadline — she immediately urged the team to accelerate progress across all tasks.)

错误说法

• 掐掉这个计划 — use 取消/砍掉/叫停 for cancelling plans; 掐 is a physical action, not an administrative term (though 掐断 can mean to cut off a connection)

起源与历史

扌(hand) indicating manual action; character suggests gripping tightly with fingers

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal