Chinese symbol for “mannered”
扭扭捏捏
niǔ niǔ niē niē
affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mannered is 扭扭捏捏 (niǔ niǔ niē niē), defined as: affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mannered”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扭扭捏捏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
| 扭转 (扭轉) | niǔ zhuǎn | to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation) |
| 别扭 (彆扭) | biè niu | awkward; difficult |
| 扭伤 (扭傷) | niǔ shāng | a sprain; a crick |
| 扭头 (扭頭) | niǔ tóu | to turn one's head; to turn around |
| 扭矩 | niǔ jǔ | torque; turning force |
| 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 |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.