niē
捏 (niē) is a Chinese word meaning “to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers)”.
Meanings
- 1to hold between the thumb and fingers
- 2to pinch
- 3to mold (using the fingers)
- 4to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
- 5to join together
- 6to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
捏variant of 捏[nie1]捏造to make up扭扭捏捏affecting shyness or embarrassment凭空捏造fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up捏一把汗to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)捏合to act as a go between扭捏affecting shyness or embarrassment拿捏(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control捏一把冷汗to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)捏估to act as a go-between捏碎to crush (sth) in one's hand捏脊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)