Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 掐

to pick (flowers)
to pinch
to nip
to pinch off
to clutch
(slang) to fight

to count with one's fingers
on the spot calculation

to use a stopwatch

(of dogs, roosters etc) to fight; to tussle
(of people) to have an altercation with sb (physical or verbal)

to throttle
to choke to death

to nip off (with fingernails etc)
(fig.) to cut off (supply etc)
to disconnect

to seize by the throat