niē

variant of 捏[nie1]

Hand (扌) + phonetic (圼) = pinch or squeeze

The hand radical anchors the meaning: squeezing or pinching something between the fingers. 圼 contributes the sound niē rather than any semantic idea.

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HandSemantic

她用手了一下小孩的脸。

tā yòng shǒu niē le yī xià xiǎo hái de liǎn。

she pinched the child's cheek with her hand.

他把泥土成一个小球。

tā bǎ ní tǔ niē chéng yī gè xiǎo qiú。

he shaped the clay into a small ball by pressing it.

Words with 捏

扭扭捏捏

niǔ niǔ niē niē

affecting shyness or embarrassment

扭捏

niǔ nie

affecting shyness or embarrassment

凭空捏造

píng kōng niē zào

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

拿捏

ná niē

(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control

捏一把冷汗

niē yī bǎ lěng hàn

to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

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

捏合

niē hé

to act as a go between

捏碎

niē suì

to crush (sth) in one's hand

捏积

niē jī

see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]

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

niē jǐ zhì liáo

chiropractic (medicine)

More characters with 扌