"捏" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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捏
Trad. 揑
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 手
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 扌日土
扌 + 圼
Prononciation
Mandarin niē
Entry Methods
Pinyin nie1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 QHXG
手竹土
Sijiao 5601.4
Wubi RJFG
CNS 11643 1-555C
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+634F
GB2312 C4F3
BIG5 AEBA
HSK
Level 6
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捏 niē variant of 捏[nie1]
Results beginning with 捏
捏造 niē zào to make up / to fabricate
捏合 niē hé to act as a go between
捏估 niē gu to act as a go-between
捏积 niē jī see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]
捏脊 niē jǐ 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)
捏一把汗 niē yī bǎ hàn to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏脊治疗 niē jǐ zhì liáo chiropractic (medicine)
捏造的数据  cooked data / doctored data / massaged data
捏一把冷汗 niē yī bǎ lěng hàn to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
Approximate Results for 捏
拿捏 ná niē to grasp / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / to create difficulties
扭捏 niǔ nie affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered
凭空捏造 píng kōng niē zào fabrication relying on nothing (idiom) / frame-up
砌词捏控 qì cí niē kòng to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
扭扭捏捏 niǔ niǔ niē niē affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered
柿子挑软的捏 shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets
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