Chinese word dictionary

捏碎

niē suì · to crush (sth) in one's hand

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Word information

Simplified捏碎

Traditional捏碎

Pinyinniē suì

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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捏niē

to knead, to mold, to pinch

碎suì

to break, to smash; broken, busted

How to learn 捏碎

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Words with the same characters

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碎suì

(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous

粉碎fěnsuì

to crush; to smash; to shatter

零碎língsuì

scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends

捏niē

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]

破碎pòsuì

to smash to pieces; to shatter

琐碎suǒsuì

trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential