Word information
Simplified拿捏
Traditional拿捏
Pinyinná niē
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Chinese word dictionary
拿捏
ná niē · (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten
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拿ná
old variant of 拿[na2]; to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object); variant of 拿[na2]
拿手náshǒuexpert in; good at
捏niēto 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]
桑拿sāngná(loanword) sauna