in English

niǔ
to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 紐, the traditional character: 纽 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

  • Small seal script: 紐 Small seal script
  • Clerical script: 紐 Clerical script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 从华盛顿乘火车可以到纽约。

    New York is accessible by train from Washington.

  • 他在纽约待了三周。

    He stayed in New York for three weeks.

  • 你们可以乘火车从华盛顿去纽约。

    You can get from Washington to New York by train.

  • 你去过纽约吗?

    Have you ever been to New York?

  • 你衬衣的纽扣快掉了。

    Your shirt button is coming off.

  • 去纽约吧!

    Let's take a trip to New York.

  • 去纽约旅行吧!

    Let's take a trip to New York.

  • 去纽约的火车几点出发?

    What time does the train for New York depart?

All example sentences with 纽

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