Chinese word dictionary

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)

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Word information

Simplified捏脊

Traditional捏脊

Pinyinniē jǐ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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捏niē

to knead, to mold, to pinch

脊jí

spine, backbone; ridge

How to learn 捏脊

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Words with the same characters

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脊梁jǐliáng

backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]

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]