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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 捏一把汗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
捏一把汗 niē yī bǎ hàn - to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 57,500 72,429 62,046

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
niē- to hold between the thumb and fingers
- to pinch
- to mold (using the fingers)
- to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
- to join together
- to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
niē- variant of 捏[nie1]
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- to hold; to grasp
- to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
- handlebar
- classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
- classifier for things with handles
- (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- handle
hán- see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
hàn- perspiration
- sweat
- CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]
- to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)

Other Words Containing 捏一把汗

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
捏一把汗 - - 57,500 72,429 62,046