捏白

Chinese

		to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (捏白)		捏	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niēbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝ ㄅㄞˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nia² be²

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyie⁶ be⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niēbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niebái
    • Wade–Giles: nieh¹-pai²
    • Yale: nyē-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhiebair
    • Palladius: небай (nebaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nia² be²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liabe
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nia²¹ pɛ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyie⁶ be⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi̯e̞²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴/

Verb

捏白

1. (dialectal) to tell a lie; to lie

   • 沒有開會！你當場捏白。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
     没有开会！你当场捏白。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

     From: Zhou Libo, 《桐花没有开》

     Méiyǒu kāihuì! Nǐ dāngchǎng niēbái. [Pinyin]

     There was no meeting! You lied to me.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 說謊 (“to tell a lie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誑言, 誑語, 佯言
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說謊, 扯謊, 誑言
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	說謊, 撂皮
	Taiwan	說謊, 撒謊
	Harbin	撒謊, 扒瞎
	Singapore	講騙話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撒謊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	說謊
	Wanrong	說謊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扯謊撂屁
	Lanzhou	喧謊
	Jimsar	說白話
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯白, 扯謊捏白, 扯把子, 駕雲, 日白, 捏白, 日白捏謊
	Wuhan	掣謊, 掉謊
	Kunming	扯白撂野
	Guilin	扯謊
	Guanyang	扯大炮
	Lipu	擺溜子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	謅謊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講大話
	Hong Kong	講大話
	Taishan	講大話
	Dongguan	放葫蘆, 講大話
	Beihai	車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	講大話, 車大炮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	車大炮, 騙人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	講大話, 車大炮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講大話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	講大話
	Móng Cái	講大話, 車大炮
Gan	Nanchang	打白話
Hakka	Meixian	花舌, 講大話, 打白話, 扯謊, 屙痢肚, 屙痢洩肚, 屙膿刮痢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	講花蓼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	講花蓼, 講花舌
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	講花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	講花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	講花舌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	話假事
	Songxi	獵謊
	Zhenghe	假講
	Jianyang	話假事
	Wuyishan	話假事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	話假事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野講
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 講白賊, 花喙
	Quanzhou	白賊, 花婆喙
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 講白賊, 亂嘫, 哺下頷, 落下頷
	Pinghe	講白賊, 講無影話
	Zhao'an	講無影話
	Dongshan	反輪
	Taipei	白賊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	白賊
	Kaohsiung	白賊, 講白賊
	Yilan	白賊, 嘐潲話 vulgar
	Changhua (Lukang)	白賊
	Taichung	講白賊, 嘐潲 vulgar
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講嘐潲 vulgar
	Tainan	白賊, 講白賊
	Taitung	講白賊
	Hsinchu	白賊, 講嘐潲 vulgar
	Kinmen	白賊, 嘐六
	Penghu (Magong)	白賊, 講白賊
	Penang (Hokkien)	講騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	講騙話, 白賊
	Manila (Hokkien)	講白賊
	Shantou	呾大話, 呾無影跡話, 花喙
	Jieyang	花嬲
	Puning	佬儂, 呾騙話
Central Min	Yong'an	說謊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	講大話
Wu	Hangzhou	騙造話
	Wenzhou	譀, 講譀話, 譀裡譀搭
Xiang	Changsha	捏白, 辵白, 扯白, 扯謊

Derived terms

• 扯謊捏白／扯谎捏白