掌捏

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up
simp. and trad. (掌捏)		掌	捏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngniē

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngniē
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngnie
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-nieh¹
    • Yale: jǎng-nyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangnhie
    • Palladius: чжанне (čžanne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Verb

掌捏

1. to grasp, to know

   蒸水蛋時不能掌捏放多少水量，可直接用蛋殼來兌。 [MSC, trad.]
   蒸水蛋时不能掌捏放多少水量，可直接用蛋壳来兑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhēng shuǐ dàn shí bù néng zhǎngniē fàng duō shào shuǐliàng, kě zhíjiē yòng dànké lái duì. [Pinyin]

   When making egg soup, if you don’t know how much water to add, you can use the egg shells to measure it.