扭捏

扭捏

Chinese

		to turn; to twist; to grab to turn; to twist; to grab; to wring	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up
trad. (扭捏)		扭	捏
simp. #(扭捏)		扭	捏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔnie

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄋㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² nip⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): liú-ni̍h / niú-ni̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔnie
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄋㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒunie̊
    • Wade–Giles: niu³-nieh⁵
    • Yale: nyǒu-nye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou.nie
    • Palladius: нюне (njune)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯²¹⁴ njɛ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nau² nip⁶
    • Yale: náu nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵ niːp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-ni̍h
    • Tâi-lô: liú-ni̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwnih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niú-ni̍h
    • Tâi-lô: niú-ni̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niwnih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩʔ⁴/

Verb

扭捏

1. to pretend to be shy, coy or embarrassed

   她扭捏了好半天才說出來話。 [MSC, trad.]
   她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà. [Pinyin]

   She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.

2. to mince (when walking, talking, etc.)

   那位女明星扭捏地走過舞臺。 [MSC, trad.]
   那位女明星扭捏地走过舞台。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà wèi nǚ míngxīng niǔniē de zǒu guò wǔtái. [Pinyin]

   The female star minced onto the stage.

Synonyms

• 扭扭捏捏 (niǔniǔniēniē)

Derived terms

扭扭捏捏 (niǔniǔniēniē)