Chinese Word: 拈 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

拈

Pinyin: niān

English Definition: to nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with; Taiwan pr. [nian2]

Chinese Definition:
①用手指搓捏或拿东西：拈须。拈轻怕重。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 手

Ideographic:To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 占 [ zhàn ] to divine; to observe; to versify

Similar Characters: 坫钻枮

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信手拈来	xìn shǒu niān lái	to get sth. without effort; to have material at one's fingertips and write freely; to write freely without too much hesitation; to pick at random (idiom)
拈花惹草	niān huā rě cǎo	lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
拈轻怕重	niān qīng pà zhòng	to pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones (idiom)
拈酸吃醋	niān suān chī cù	to be jealous (idiom)
惹草拈花	rě cǎo niān huā	see 拈花惹草

1		suǒ yǐ 所以， fó zǔ 佛祖 niān huā 拈花 ér 而 jiā yè 迦叶 wēi xiào 微笑。 Thus the Lord Budda pick up the flower with smile;
2		wǒ 我 néng 能 yòng 用 wú xū 无须 niān 拈 zhǐ 指 jiào xun 教训 tā men 他们 ma 吗？ Can I use the Wuxi finger hold on 'em?
3		tóu rù 投入 zǐ xì 仔细 de 地， tā men 他们 de 的 niān 拈 kuàng rú 况如 xià qù 下去。 Put carefully, their case goes as follows.
4		wǒ 我 gǎn 敢 kěn dìng 肯定 zhè 这 zhǐ shì 只是 suí shǒu 随手 niān 拈 lái 来 de 的 jǐ ge 几个。 I am sure I am only scratching the surface.
5		wèi 为 dàn 但 zhī pài 支派， àn 按 zhe 着 zōng zú 宗族， niān 拈 chū 出 dì qī 第七 jiū 阄。 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, clan by clan.

1		suǒ yǐ 所以， fó zǔ 佛祖 niān huā 拈花 ér 而 jiā yè 迦叶 wēi xiào 微笑。 Thus the Lord Budda pick up the flower with smile;
2		wǒ 我 néng 能 yòng 用 wú xū 无须 niān 拈 zhǐ 指 jiào xun 教训 tā men 他们 ma 吗？ Can I use the Wuxi finger hold on 'em?
3		tóu rù 投入 zǐ xì 仔细 de 地， tā men 他们 de 的 niān 拈 kuàng rú 况如 xià qù 下去。 Put carefully, their case goes as follows.
4		wǒ 我 gǎn 敢 kěn dìng 肯定 zhè 这 zhǐ shì 只是 suí shǒu 随手 niān 拈 lái 来 de 的 jǐ ge 几个。 I am sure I am only scratching the surface.
5		wèi 为 dàn 但 zhī pài 支派， àn 按 zhe 着 zōng zú 宗族， niān 拈 chū 出 dì qī 第七 jiū 阄。 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, clan by clan.