捏

niē

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. to pinch
2. to join together
3. to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

Character focus

Stroke order

10 strokes

Word relationships

Related words

4 items

拧

níng

to pinch

用手扭或转动

编

biān

to weave

创造故事或借口

揉

róu

to knead

用手反复搓或压

按

àn

to press

用手向下压

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“泥人”“饺子”“鼻子”等搭配表示用手塑造或捏住，如“捏饺子”“捏鼻子”。

Formality

“捏造”多用于书面语，含明显贬义，指无中生有地编造事实。

Example Sentences

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他正在捏一个泥人。

He is pinching a clay figurine.

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Words Containing 捏

凭空捏造

píng kōng niē zào

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

扭扭捏捏

niǔ niǔ niē niē

affecting shyness or embarrassment

扭捏

niǔ nie

affecting shyness or embarrassment

to grasp

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

see 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)

捏造

niē zào

to make up

柿子挑软的捏

shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē

lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)

砌词捏控

qì cí niē kòng

to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)