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Character Decomposition
捏=扌+圼
Etymology
hand
Meanings
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)
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Words with 捏 63 total
(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control · (dialect) affecting shyness; coy · (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten拿捏ná niēto act as a go between捏合niē héaffecting shyness or embarrassment · coy · mincing (walk, manner of speech) · mannered扭捏niǔ nieto act as a go-between捏估niē guto crush (sth) in one's hand捏碎niē suìform 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niē jǐto make up · to fabricate捏造niē zàofabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up凭空捏造píng kōng niē zàowalk on tiptoe · walk gingerly捏手捏脚niē shǒ niē jiǎoto break out into a cold sweat (idiom)捏一把汗niē yī bǎ hànaffecting shyness or embarrassment · coy · mincing (walk, manner of speech) · mannered扭扭捏捏niǔ niǔ niē niēchiropractic (medicine)捏脊治疗niē jǐ zhì liáoto make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)砌词捏控qì cí niē kòng
Idioms with 捏 10 total Chain
walk on tiptoe · walk gingerly捏手捏脚niē shǒ niē jiǎoto break out into a cold sweat (idiom)捏一把汗niē yī bǎ hànaffecting shyness or embarrassment · coy · mincing (walk, manner of speech) · mannered扭扭捏捏niǔ niǔ niē niēfabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up凭空捏造píng kōng niē zàoto make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)砌词捏控qì cí niē kòng
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