掐架

qiājià

verb

Meanings

1 to scrap / scuffle (of animals or people)
2 to have a heated argument
3 to bicker / tussle

Characters

fight / quarrel

Examples

HSK 2

两只猫又在院子里掐架了。

Liǎng zhī māo yòu zài yuànzi lǐ qiājià le.

The two cats are scrapping in the yard again.

HSK 7-9

他们俩为了一点小事就掐起架来。

Tāmen liǎ wèile yìdiǎn xiǎoshì jiù qiā qǐ jià lái.

The two of them got into a fight over something trivial.

Tips

register

Colloquial and slangy. Used for both physical scuffles (cats, dogs, kids) and verbal slugging matches (online comment fights, celebrity feuds). The internet phrase 粉丝掐架 (fěnsī qiājià) describes warring fan groups.

grammar

Separable like 打架: 掐了一架 (had a fight), 掐起架来 (started fighting). Don't say 掐架了一次.

Stroke Order

掐 qiā

架 jià