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纽扣

niǔ kòu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 紐扣

纽扣 (niǔ kòu) means "button". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 纽扣 means

1. button

The characters in 纽扣

• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 扣kòuto fasten; to button; button

Example sentences

• 你衬衣的纽扣快掉了。
  Nǐ chènyī de niǔkòu kuài diào le.
  Your shirt button is coming off.
• 电脑内部计时器内的纽扣电池没电了。
  The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat.

Words starting with 纽扣

• 纽扣电池niǔ kòu diàn chíbutton cell

Sounds the same

Read niǔ kòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钮扣variant of 纽扣

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read niǔ kòu correctly.
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