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Definition 2024

扭捏

扭捏

Chinese

		to turn; to twist; to grab to turn; to twist; to grab; to wring	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up
simp. and trad. (扭捏)		扭	捏

Verb

扭捏

to pretend to be shy, coy or embarrassed

她扭捏了好半天才說出來話。 [MSC, trad.]

她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。 [MSC, simp.]

Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà. [Pinyin]

She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
to mince (when walking, talking, etc)

那位女明星扭捏地走過舞臺。 [MSC, trad.]

那位女明星扭捏地走过舞台。 [MSC, simp.]

Nà wèi nǚ míngxīng niǔniē de zǒu guò wǔtái. [Pinyin]

The female star minced onto the stage.

Synonyms

扭扭捏捏 (niǔniuniēniē)