捏 #kanji — Semantide dictionary

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捏

Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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)

Pinyin: niē

Strokes: 10
Frequency: 8894 of 2500

Words starting with 捏 Words ending in 捏 Anywhere in a word

Words starting with 捏

捏造niē zào

to make up; to fabricate

捏碎niē suì

to crush (sth) in one's hand

to act as a go-between

to act as a go between

see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]

Words ending in 捏

affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered

(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten

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