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捏

niē

HSK 6 Character

What 捏 means

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)

Other readings

捏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• niēvariant of {捏|niē}

Example sentences

• 汤姆捏了玛丽的手。
  Tāngmǔ niē le Mǎlì de shǒu.
  Tom squeezed Mary's hand.
• 她虚弱的样子让我捏了一把汗。
  Tā xūruò de yàngzi ràng wǒ niē le yī bǎ hàn.
  It worried me that she looked pale.

Words starting with 捏

• 捏造niē zàoto make up; to fabricate
• 捏估niē guto act as a go-between
• 捏合niē héto act as a go between
• 捏碎niē suìto crush (sth) in one's hand
• 捏脊niē jǐform of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed…
• 捏脊治疗niē jǐ zhì liáochiropractic (medicine)
• 捏一把汗niē yī bǎ hànto break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
• 捏一把冷汗niē yī bǎ lěng hànto break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
• 捏积niē jīsee 捏脊

Words containing 捏

• 拿捏ná niē(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy…
• 扭捏niǔ nieaffecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
• 扭扭捏捏niǔ niǔ niē niēaffecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
• 凭空捏造píng kōng niē zàofabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
• 砌词捏控qì cí niē kòngto make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
• 柿子挑软的捏shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niēlit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)…

Characters built on 圼

These share the phonetic component 圼 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 涅niè(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 陧nièdangerous

Characters that look like 捏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout
• 捉zhuōto clutch; to grab; to capture
• 掠lüèto take over by force; to rob; to plunder
• 捱áivariant of 挨