| 鬼子 |  guǐ zi | devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip |   |
| 东洋鬼 | Dōng yáng guǐ | (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip | |
| 东洋鬼子 | Dōng yáng guǐ zi | (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip | |
| 掐 | qiā | to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight | |
| 拈 | niān | to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2] | |
| 夹断 | jiā duàn | to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off | |
| 寒意 | hán yì | a nip in the air / chilliness | |
| 防微杜渐 | fáng wēi dù jiàn | to nip in the bud (idiom) | |
| 防患未然 | fáng huàn wèi rán | to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud | |
| 拈 | nián | to nip / to grasp with fingers / to draw lots | |
| 杜渐防萌 | dù jiān fáng méng | to nip in the bud | |
| 防患未萌 | fáng huàn wèi méng | to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom) / to nip sth in the bud | |
| 掐断 | qiā duàn | to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect | |
| 打蛇不死 | dǎ shé bù sǐ | beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom) / nip the problem in the bud | |
