捻

See also: 撚

Translingual

Han character

捻 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人戈心 (QOIP), four-corner 5803₂, composition ⿰扌念)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12222
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1901, character 3
• Unihan data for U+637B

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (念) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
淰	*rnɯːmʔ, *nɯːmʔ, *hnjɯmʔ
唸	*tɯːms, *tɯːns
埝	*tɯːms, *nɯːb
趝	*klɯːms, *n̥ʰɯːms
諗	*hnjɯmʔ
稔	*njɯːm
棯	*njɯmʔ
腍	*njɯmʔ
捻	*nɯːb
錜	*nɯːb
敜	*nɯːb
惗	*nɯːb, *sens
菍	*nɯːb, *nɯːd

Pronunciation 1

trad.		捻
simp. #		捻

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim² / nim⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nim² / nim⁵
    • Yale: ním / níhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim² / nim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim² / nim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm³⁵/, /niːm¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liàm
    • Tâi-lô: liàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 捻

1. to pinch/twist into a string-like form with the fingers
2. (Central Plains Mandarin, synecdochically) a gang or group of people

   捻軍／捻军  ―  niǎnjūn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Quanzhou Hokkien, vulgar) stingy; miserly

Synonyms

• (stingy):

(deprecated template usage)

• 吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
• 小氣／小气 (xiǎoqì)
• 慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
• 摳／抠 (kōu)
• 摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
• 窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Pronunciation 2

trad.		捻
simp. #		捻

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nan²
    • Yale: nán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 捻

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Pronunciation 3

trad.		捻
simp. #		捻

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nim¹
    • Yale: nīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 捻

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Pronunciation 4

trad.		捻
simp. #		捻

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nin²
    • Yale: nín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 捻

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Pronunciation 5

trad.		捻
simp. #		捻

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niē (nie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niē
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nie
    • Wade–Giles: nieh¹
    • Yale: nyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhie
    • Palladius: не (ne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nip⁶
    • Yale: nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 捻

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 捏 (niē).

References

• “捻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01611

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Japanese

Kanji

捻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねふ (nefu, historical)}; ねん (nen, Jōyō)^{←ねん (nen, historical)←ねむ (nemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でふ (defu, historical)}; でん (den)^{←でん (den, historical)←でむ (demu, ancient)}
• Kun: ひねる (hineru, 捻る); ねじる (nejiru, 捻る)^{←ねぢる (nediru, 捻る, historical)}; よじる (yojiru)

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Korean

Hanja

捻 • (nyeom>yeom, nyeop>yeop) (hangeul 념>염, 녑>엽, revised nyeom>yeom, nyeop>yeop, McCune–Reischauer nyŏm>yŏm, nyŏp>yŏp, Yale nyem>yem, nyep>yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 捻 (nạm, nắm, ném, niết, niệm, niệp, niêm, núm)

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