掐

meaning for 掐 qiā:

• - to pick (flowers)
• - to pinch
• - to nip
• - to pinch off
• - to clutch
• - (slang) to fightto count with one's fingers
• - on the spot calculationcut off
• - disconnectto throttle
• - to choke to deathto seize by the throatto count by bending the fingers (idiom)