Tom squeezed Mary's hand.
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捏
Traditional: 揑
niē
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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niē · nip6 (Jyutping)
- 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)
- variant of 捏[nie1]
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Character breakdown
捏
- Meaning
- pick with fingers; knead; mold
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰扌圼
- Cangjie
- QHXM
- Four-corner
- 5601.4
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Example sentences
It worried me that she looked pale.
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