捏
to knead, to mold, to pinch; 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)
- Strokes
- 10
- Pinyin
- niē
Parts
Words with 捏
- 扭捏niǔ nie · niunieaffecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
- 拿捏ná niē · nanie(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten
- 捏估niē gu · nieguto act as a go-between
- 捏合niē hé · nieheto act as a go between
- 捏碎niē suì · niesuito crush (sth) in one's hand
- 捏脊niē jǐ · niejiform 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)
- 捏造niē zào · niezaoto make up; to fabricate
- 凭空捏造píng kōng niē zào · pingkongniezaofabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
- 扭扭捏捏niǔ niǔ niē niē · niuniunienieaffecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech)
- 捏一把汗niē yī bǎ hàn · nieyibahanto break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
- 捏脊治疗niē jǐ zhì liáo · niejizhiliaochiropractic (medicine)
- 砌词捏控qì cí niē kòng · qiciniekongto make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)
- 捏一把冷汗niē yī bǎ lěng hàn · nieyibalenghanto break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
- 柿子挑软的捏shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē · shizitiaoruandenielit. 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