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<p>捏 <a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2049/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2049/</a></p>
<p><em>(1) pinch; <strong>hold with fingers</strong> (2) knead; mould (3) bring together (4) fabricate; concoct; cook up (5) <strong>clench</strong></em></p>
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<li>hold with fingers / clench= <strong>grab</strong> ; <strong>hold on tight</strong></li>
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<p>&quot;因为惊失去你&quot;, &quot;because I fear to lose you&quot;</p>
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<p><em>Imagine a mother turns to leave after she dropped her kid off in daycare. The kid just grab holds of her pants leg and wouldn't let go.</em></p>

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<p>There is this song called 不能讲的秘密 (well, technically it's best spelt as 袂使讲的秘密), "Secret I cannot tell", and it is in Min Nan. At a certain point, there is this sentence:</p>

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  <p>将你捏紧紧</p>
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<p>That's how the lyrics spell it. I already restored 絚絚 | ân-ân from <a href="http://twblg.dict.edu.tw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">台湾闽南语常用词辞典</a>, but I have a hard time figuring out 捏. I mean, according to the aforementioned dictionary, 捏 means "pinch", so "I pinch you tight"? This is a love song, "you" is the singer's loved one, the lyrics continue with "因为惊失去你", "because I fear to lose you", so what is "pinch" doing there?</p>

<p>Surely it must be "hug", right? But then what is the spelling, and how is it pronounced?</p>

<p>捏 transliterates to tēnn, so it fits what I hear, but the meaning is off. Looking for the Min version of 擁抱 with the 对应华语 feature of the dictionary only yields 相攬, looking for the Min version of just 抱 leads to many results with no trace of something sounding like "te", my only suggestion (probably from looking for "te" in the dictionary) was 缔 | tè, but that has no entry on the dictionary, and doesn't seem to mean "hug" in Chinese.</p>

<p>So what verb is this? Am I right that it means "hug"? How is it spelt and how is it pronounced?</p>

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What verb is the 捏 in the Min sentence 将你捏絚絚?
# What verb is the 捏 in the Min sentence 将你捏絚絚?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-14)

There is this song called 不能讲的秘密 (well, technically it's best spelt as 袂使讲的秘密), "Secret I cannot tell", and it is in Min Nan. At a certain point, there is this sentence:

> 将你捏紧紧

That's how the lyrics spell it. I already restored 絚絚 | ân-ân from [台湾闽南语常用词辞典](http://twblg.dict.edu.tw), but I have a hard time figuring out 捏. I mean, according to the aforementioned dictionary, 捏 means "pinch", so "I pinch you tight"? This is a love song, "you" is the singer's loved one, the lyrics continue with "因为惊失去你", "because I fear to lose you", so what is "pinch" doing there?

Surely it must be "hug", right? But then what is the spelling, and how is it pronounced?

捏 transliterates to tēnn, so it fits what I hear, but the meaning is off. Looking for the Min version of 擁抱 with the 对应华语 feature of the dictionary only yields 相攬, looking for the Min version of just 抱 leads to many results with no trace of something sounding like "te", my only suggestion (probably from looking for "te" in the dictionary) was 缔 | tè, but that has no entry on the dictionary, and doesn't seem to mean "hug" in Chinese.

So what verb is this? Am I right that it means "hug"? How is it spelt and how is it pronounced?

**Tags:** translation, topolect


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-14. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> 捏 <http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2049/>
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> *(1) pinch; **hold with fingers** (2) knead; mould (3) bring together (4) fabricate; concoct; cook up (5) **clench***

* hold with fingers / clench= **grab** ; **hold on tight**

> "因为惊失去你", "because I fear to lose you"

*Imagine a mother turns to leave after she dropped her kid off in daycare. The kid just grab holds of her pants leg and wouldn't let go.*


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