拿捏

Chinese

		to hold; to seize; to catch to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up
simp. and trad. (拿捏)		拿	捏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nániē

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ ㄋㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁴ nip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nániē → nánie (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄋㄧㄝ → ㄋㄚˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánie̊
    • Wade–Giles: na²-nieh⁵
    • Yale: ná-nye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: na.nhie
    • Palladius: нане (nane)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵⁵/ → /nä³⁵ ni̯ɛ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁴ nip⁶
    • Yale: nàh nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴ nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁴ nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː²¹ niːp̚²/

Verb

拿捏

1. to grasp; to control; to weigh
2. (dialectal) to deliberately make things difficult; to threaten

Adjective

拿捏

1. (dialectal) coy; affecting shyness