捏
niē HSK7

pick with fingers

捏 niē frequency
variant 揑
to pinch verb
To hold something between the thumb and fingers; to squeeze with the fingertips

我能捏你的脸颊吗？

wǒ néng niē nǐ de liǎn​jiá ma?

Can I pinch your cheeks?

to mold verb
To knead or shape soft material with the fingers, such as clay or dough.

把面团捏成大约12个球，高尔夫球大小。

bǎ miàn​tuán niē chéng dà​yuē12 ge qiú, gāo'ěr​fū​qiú dà​xiǎo.

Pinch the dough into about 12 balls, golf-ball size.

to fabricate verb
To make up or invent, such as a lie, a story, or a false charge.
to join together
To bring things or people together into a single unit; to unite or gather.
捏 niē
to clutch
To hold or grip something firmly in one's hand or palm

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,472nd most common 19.8 per million
Movie subtitles
2,358th most common 10.9 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.1 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
25.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+634F

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)