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
simp. and trad. (扭捏)		扭	捏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǔnie

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄋㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² nip⁶
Min Nan (POJ): liú-ni̍h / niú-ni̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niǔnie
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄋㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou.nhie
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɛ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nau² nip⁶
  - Yale: náu nihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nau² nip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: neo² nib⁶
  - 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

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.
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)

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