捏

niē

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

捏 (niē) means "to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 捏 means

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

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

Words containing 捏

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.

Characters that look like 捏

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

Where 捏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · nán–nìng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
How characters are built from components.
How to learn Chinese characters.
The four tones and the neutral tone, to read niē correctly.
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