Dictionary/叼

叼

叼 diāo

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1to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

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Examples

yé ye爷爷diāo叼zhe着yān烟guǎn管gēn跟wǒ我shuō huà说话。
爷爷叼着烟管跟我说话。
Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.
我看到了一条狗。狗嘴里叼着一块肉。
I saw a dog. The dog held a piece of meat in its mouth.
母鸟叼来虫子喂幼鸟。
The mother bird brought worms for her young ones.

See also: words & characters pronounced diāo