[qiā]
[動]
(用指甲按; 用手指使勁捏或截斷) pinch; nip
pinch back the young shoots
把嫩枝掐短
stub out the cigarette
把香煙掐了
Don't nip off the flowers.
不要掐花。
He pinched the top of the plants off.
他把植物的頂端掐掉。
(用手的虎口緊緊按住) clutch
seize sb. by the throat; take by the throat
掐脖子
choke to death; throttle
掐死