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纽
紐
niǔ
1. to turn
2. to wrench
3. button
4. nu (Greek letter Νν)
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

纽
niǔ
knot; button, handle; tie
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

纽子
niǔzi
button
纽带
niǔdài
tie
纽约
Niǔyuē
New York
纽扣
niǔkòu
button
纽时
NiǔShí
New York Times, abbr. for [[紐約時報|纽约时报<NiǔYuēShíbào>]]
巴纽
Bāniǔ
abbr. for Papua New Guinea [[巴布亞紐幾內亞|巴布亚纽几内亚<BābùyàNiǔJīnèiyà>]] (esp. Taiwan usage)
枢纽
shūniǔ
hub (e.g. of traffic network)
澳纽
ÀoNiǔ
Australia and New Zealand
印纽
yìnniǔ
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
纽绊
niǔbàn
see [[紐襻|纽襻<niǔpàn>]]
转纽
zhuànniǔ
organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)
纽埃
Niǔāi
Niue (island)
纽襻
niǔpàn
button loop
纽瓦克
Niǔwǎkè
Newark (place name)
因纽特
Yīnniǔtè
Inuit (politically correct term for Eskimo [[愛斯基摩人|爱斯基摩人]])
纽伦堡
Niǔlúnbǎo
Nürnberg or Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany
纽卡素
niǔkǎsù
Newcastle
纽奥良
Niǔàoliáng
New Orleans, Louisiana
纽泽西
Niǔzéxī
New Jersey, USA (Tw)
纽约人
Niǔyuērén
New Yorker

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,766
Word Frequency Rank
4,080 of 84,292

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