叼 [－]

Jyutping diu1
Pinyin diāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    用口擔
    to hold or pick something up with the mouth
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to hold in the mouth
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. hold in mouth
  2. Cangjie Input
    RSM
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #869
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #191
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    母鸟叼来虫子喂幼鸟。
    母鳥叼來蟲子餵幼鳥。
    mǔ niǎo diāo lái chóng zi wèi yòu niǎo 。
    • The mother bird brought worms for her young ones.
  2. Mandarin
    爷爷叼着烟管跟我说话。
    爺爺叼着煙管跟我説話。
    yé ye diāo zhe yān guǎn gēn wǒ shuō huà 。
    • Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.
  3. Mandarin
    我看到了一条狗。狗嘴里叼着一块肉。
    我看到了一條狗。狗嘴裏叼着一塊肉。
    wǒ kàn dào le yī tiáo gǒu 。 gǒu zuǐ lǐ diāo zhe yī kuài ròu 。
    • I saw a dog. The dog held a piece of meat in its mouth.
  4. Mandarin
    汤姆在嘴里叼了根儿烟。
    湯姆在嘴裡叼了根兒煙。
    tāng mǔ zài zuǐ lǐ diāo le gēn ér yān 。
    • Tom had a cigar in his mouth.