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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nániē → nánie (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄋㄧㄝ → ㄋㄚˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: na.nhie
  - IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵⁵/ → /nä³⁵ ni̯ɛ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naa⁴ nip⁶
  - Yale: nàh nihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴ nip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: na⁴ nib⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /näː²¹ niːp̚²/

Verb

拿捏

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

Adjective

拿捏

(dialectal) coy; affecting shyness

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