HSK 5 · Objects

夹子 jiāzi “clip” in Chinese

Traditional 夾子

What 夹子 means

  1. clip
  2. clamp
  3. tongs
  4. folder
  5. wallet

How to say 夹子

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale夹jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

夹子 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆找不到锅铲了，只好用夹子为煎饼翻面。

    Tāngmǔ zhǎo bu dào guōchǎn le, zhǐhǎo yòng jiāzi wèi jiānbǐng fānmiàn.

    Unable to find the spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.

    Sentence #13552273 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 夹子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 夹 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
夹jiāto press from either side
  • 夫man · fū
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 夹子

夹 6 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

夹子 (jiāzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 夹子 (jiāzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 夹子

Words with 夹

夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Objects & Materials

光盘guāngpán · compact disc (CD)柜台guìtái · sales counter灰尘huīchén · dust火柴huǒchái · match (for lighting fire)剪刀jiǎndāo · scissors胶水jiāoshuǐ · glue金属jīnshǔ · metal铃líng · (small) bell

FAQs

夹子 (jiāzi) means “clip” or “clamp”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiāzi: jiā with a 1st tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 夹子 is written 夾子. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiazi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夹子 from the suggestions. Typing jiazi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夹子 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.