纽扣 meaning in English

niǔkòu

button

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 紐扣13 strokes

Meaning of 纽扣

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

niǔkòu
  1. button

纽扣 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ衬chèn衣yī的de纽niǔ扣kòu快kuài掉diào了le。
Your shirt button is coming off.
电diàn脑nǎo内nèi部bù计jì时shí器qì内nèi的de纽niǔ扣kòu电diàn池chí没méi电diàn了le。
The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

纽 niǔ · knot · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

扣 kòu · to fasten · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 纽扣.

扣留kòuliúto detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)
折扣zhékòudiscount
扣押kòuyāto detain; to hold in custody
扣除kòuchúto deduct
纽带niǔdàitie; link
回扣huíkòubrokerage; a commission paid to a middleman
枢纽shūniǔhub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge
扣人心弦kòurénxīnxiánto excite; to thrill
扣子kòuzibutton
扣动kòudòngto pull (a trigger)
不折不扣bùzhébùkòua hundred percent; to the letter
钮扣niǔkòuvariant of 紐扣|纽扣[niu3 kou4]

Questions about 纽扣

What does 纽扣 mean?

纽扣 (niǔkòu) means "button" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 纽扣?

纽扣 is made of 2 characters: 纽 (7 strokes), 扣 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 纽扣 an HSK word?

Yes. 纽扣 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 纽扣 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 纽扣 is written 紐扣.