捏揣

Chinese

to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up
estimate; guess; figure
estimate; guess; figure; surmise; put into
 
simp. and trad.
(捏揣) 		捏 揣

Pronunciation

  • Jin (Wiktionary): nieh4 cuah2
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: nieh4 cuah2
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /niəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡sʰuaʔ⁵³/

Verb

捏揣

  1. (Jin) to massage

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 按摩 (“to massage”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 按摩
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 按摩, 馬殺雞 humorous
Singapore 按摩
Cantonese Guangzhou 𢱕骨, 抌骨, 鬆骨
Hong Kong 按摩, 𢱕骨
Jin Taiyuan 捏揣, 按摩
Southern Min Xiamen 掠龍
Quanzhou 掠龍
Zhangzhou 捶拳仔, 掠龍
Tainan 掠龍
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 按摩, 鬆骨
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.