掐[qiā]

动

1. pinch; nip

♦ 你把玉米杈子~掉。 Pinch off the side shoots of the maize.

♦ 不要~花。 Don't pick (or nip off) the flowers.

♦ 请把烟卷~了。 Stub out your cigarette, please.

♦ 她~了我一把, 好疼。 She pinched me, and it really hurt.

2. clutch

♦ 把人~死 choke sb. to death