捏

揑

niē

HSK 7freq #4857

Meanings

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niē

1.variant of 捏[niē]

niē

1.to hold between the thumb and fingers
2.to pinch
3.to mold (using the fingers)
4.to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
5.to join together
6.to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

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Wiktionary

1.to pick with fingers; to pinch
2.to clench; to hold in the hand; to grip
3.to knead
4.to mold; to bring together
5.to fabricate; to concoct; to make up
6.to press down with one's fingers
7.to grasp tightly; to squeeze
8.to pinch
9.to hold (a pen, chopsticks, etc.)
10.to press
11.to mold; to knead; to press with one's fingers into certain shapes (of soft objects)
12.to bring up with great pains; to rear with difficulty (a child)
13.to fabricate; to concoct; to make up (something false)
14.to do; to be engaged in (especially something negative)
15.to fiddle with one's fingers
16.to make it together
17.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *niːɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + abbreviated phonetic 涅 (OC *niːɡ).

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Stroke order

Components

捏扌圼

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

汤姆捏了玛丽的手。
Tom squeezed Mary's hand.

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Related words

捏脊 form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)捏碎 to crush (sth) in one's hand 拿捏 (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control 扭捏 affecting shyness or embarrassment 捏积 see 捏脊[niē jǐ]捏合 to act as a go between 捏造 to make up 捏估 to act as a go-between 捏一把汗 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)捏脊治疗 chiropractic (medicine)砌词捏控 to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)凭空捏造 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up