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捏

niē · nie

Traditional 揑

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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niē 捏

  1. to hold between the thumb and fingers
  2. to pinch
  3. to mold (using the fingers)
  4. to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
  5. to join together
  6. to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

niē 揑

  1. variant of 捏 (niē)
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Dough figures at the night market

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那个(nàge)师傅(shīfu)在(zài)捏(niē)面人(miànrén)！

    Liangliang, look, that craftsman is molding dough figures!

  2. Liangliang

    他(tā)捏(niē)的(de)孙悟空(sūnwùkōng)真像(zhēnxiàng)！

    His Sun Wukong looks so real!

  3. Dengdeng

    我也(wǒyě)想(xiǎng)捏(niē)一个(yīgè)，你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)捏(niē)什么(shénme)？

    I want to mold one too. What do you want to make?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)捏(niē)一只(yīzhī)兔子(tùzi)。

    I want to make a rabbit.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)捏(niē)好(hǎo)了(le)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)，这是(zhèshì)一只(yīzhī)兔子(tùzi)。

    I finished! Look, this is a rabbit.

  6. Liangliang

    兔子(tùzi)呢(ne)？我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)看到(kàndào)一根(yīgēn)胡萝卜(húluóbo)。

    Where is the rabbit? I only see a carrot.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)捏(niē)了(le)玛(mǎ)丽(lì)的(de)手(shǒu)。

Tom squeezed Mary's hand.

Tatoeba: Chinese by zhoudoufu · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)捏(niē)了(le)一(yì)点(diǎn)面(miàn)团(tuán)，做(zuò)成(chéng)小(xiǎo)兔(tù)子(zi)。

He pinched off a bit of dough and shaped it into a little rabbit.

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