捏 — Chinese character
捏
niē
to knead, to mold, to pinch
- Pinyin
- niē
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 扌 圼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 圼
- Japanese
- 捏 as a kanji
Common words with 捏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捏造 | niē zào | to make up; to fabricate |
| 拿捏 | ná niē | (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy |
| 凭空捏造 (憑空捏造) | píng kōng niē zào | fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up |
| 扭扭捏捏 | niǔ niǔ niē niē | affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy |
| 捏碎 | niē suì | to crush (sth) in one's hand |
| 扭捏 | niǔ nie | affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy |
| 捏合 | niē hé | to act as a go between |
| 捏一把汗 | niē yī bǎ hàn | to break out into a cold sweat (idiom) |
| 捏估 | niē gu | to act as a go-between |
| 捏积 (捏積) | niē jī | see 捏脊 (niē jǐ) |
| 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) |
| 捏脊治疗 (捏脊治療) | niē jǐ zhì liáo | chiropractic (medicine) |
English words written with 捏
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