| 夹 | jiā | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder |
| 夹 | jiá | hold between; lined; narrow lane |
| 夹角 | jiá jiǎo | the angle (between two lines) |
| 夹杂 | jiā zá | to mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix; to be tangled up with |
| 夹具 | jiā jù | clamp; pliers |
| 夹层 | jiā céng | interval between two layers; double-layered; mezzanine |
| 夹带 | jiā dài | to smuggle; to carry secretly; notes smuggled into an exam |
| 夹板 | jiā bǎn | splint; clamp; vise (as torture instrument) |
| 夹子 | jiā zi | clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet |
| 夹攻 | jiā gōng | attack from two sides; pincer movement; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks |
| 夹击 | jiā jī | pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks |
| 夹心 | jiā xīn | to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking); stuffed |
| 夹道 | jiā dào | a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street |
| 夹七夹八 | jiā qī jiā bā | completely mixed up; in a muddle |
| 夹克 | jiā kè | jacket (loanword) |
| 夹塞儿 | jiā sāir | to cut into a line; queue-jumping |
| 夹山国家森林公园 | Jiā shān guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán | Jiashansi National Forest Park in Shimen 石门, Changde 常德, Hunan |
| 夹山寺 | Jiā shān sì | Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen 石门, Changde 常德, Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 |
| 夹批 | jiā pī | critical annotations between the lines |
| 夹持 | jiā chí | to clamp; tongs |
| 夹断 | jiā duàn | to nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off |
| 夹板气 | jiā bǎn qì | criticized by both sides |
| 夹棍 | jiā gùn | leg vise (torture instrument) |
| 夹江 | Jiā jiāng | Jiajiang county in Leshan 乐山, Sichuan |
| 夹江县 | Jiā jiāng xiàn | Jiajiang county in Leshan 乐山, Sichuan |
| 夹生 | jiā shēng | half cooked; not completely done |
| 夹生饭 | jiā shēng fàn | half cooked rice |
| 夹当 | jiā dāng | crucial moment; critical time |
| 夹当儿 | jiā dāngr | erhua variant of 夹当, crucial moment; critical time |
| 夹竹桃 | jiā zhú táo | oleander (Nerium indicum) |
| 夹紧 | jiā jǐn | clamp; vise |
| 夹缝 | jiā féng | hemmed in on both sides |
| 夹肢窝 | gā zhi wō | armpit; also written 胳肢窝 |
| 夹袄 | jiá ǎo | lined jacket; double layered jacket; CL:件 |
| 夹起尾巴 | jiā qǐ wěi ba | to tuck one's tail between one's legs; fig. to back down; in a humiliating situation |
| 夹道欢迎 | jiā dào huān yíng | to line the streets in welcome |
| 夹钳 | jiā qián | tongs |
| 夹馅 | jiā xiàn | stuffed (of food); with filling |
| 弹夹 | dàn jiá | ammunition clip; cartridge clip; magazine (for ammunition) |
| 收藏夹 | shōu cáng jiā | favorites folder (web browser) |
| 文件夹 | wén jiàn jiā | folder; file (paper) |
| 晾衣夹 | liàng yī jiā | clothes pin |
| 皮夹 | pí jiā | wallet; Taiwan pr. [pi2 jia2] |
| 纸夹 | zhǐ jiā | paperclip |
| 缠夹 | chán jiā | to annoy; to bother; to harass |
| 缠夹不清 | chán jiā bù qīng | to muddle things together (idiom); to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk |
| 缠夹二先生 | chán jiā èr xiān sheng | annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly |
| 肉夹馍 | ròu jiā mó | lit. meat wedged in steamed bun; "Chinese burger"; sliced meat sandwich popular in north China |
| 衣夹 | yī jiā | peg |
| 贾夹威德 | Jiǎ jiā wēi dé | Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels) |
