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

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• 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 edit
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