| 揪 | jiū | to seize; to clutch; to hold tight; to grip |
| 揪住 | jiū zhù | to grab |
| 揪出 | jiū chū | to grab and open out; to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) |
| 揪心 | jiū xīn | lit. grips the heart; worried; anxious |
| 揪心扒肝 | jiū xīn bā gān | lit. grips the heart, seizes the liver (idiom); fear grips the heart; worried out of one's wits; scared stiff |
| 揪心揪肺 | jiū xīn jiū fèi | heart-wrenching |
| 揪揪 | jiū jiū | creased and crumpled; depressed |
| 揪辫子 | jiū biàn zi | to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's shortcomings |
| 揪送 | jiū sòng | to seize and send (to court, to face punishment) |
| 揪错 | jiū cuò | lit. to grab wrong; misconception; blunder; howler |
| 揪斗 | jiū dòu | to seize and struggle with; to tussle with; fig. to seize and subject to public criticism (e.g. right-roaders during cultural revolution) |