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Meaning of 捻

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
Pinyin: niǎn
English Definition: to twirl (in the fingers)
Chinese Definition:
①用手指搓转:捻麻绳。
②搓成的条状物:灯捻儿。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
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Example Words
捻军 niǎn jūn Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
捻神捻鬼 niǎn shén niǎn guǐ as though in a panic (idiom)
More:捻* | *捻 | *捻*
Example Sentences
1
The man twirled his moustache.
2
All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen.
3
The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen
4
and the turban of fine linen, the linen headbands and the undergarments of finely twisted linen.
5
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They made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.