niè

common
technical

Meaning of

镊 means tweezers; forceps; to grip with tweezers; to pick up with tweezers. Pronounced niè.

  • tweezers; forceps
  • to grip with tweezers; to pick up with tweezers

Character Info

Radical
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Components

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Definitions & Examples

shēng
yòng
niè
zi
jiā
chū
le
shāng
kǒu
de
 

The doctor used tweezers to remove the foreign object from the wound.

Huà
zhuāng
shī
yòng
niè
zi
jiā
zhù
jiǎ
jié
máo
zhān
zài
yǎn
shàng
 

The makeup artist used tweezers to stick false eyelashes onto the eyelids.

Shí
yàn
shì
cháng
yòng
niè
zi
jiā
huà
xué
shì
 

Tweezers are commonly used in laboratories to pick up chemical reagents.

Yuán
shī
yòng
niè
zi
zāi
xiǎo
de
duō
ròu
yòu
miáo
 

The gardener used tweezers to transplant tiny succulent seedlings.

Xiū
méi
shí
yòng
niè
zi
diào
duō
de
méi
máo
 

You can use tweezers to pluck stray eyebrows when shaping your brows.