shū niǔ

Traditional: 樞紐

HSK 7–9

枢纽 (shū niǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot”.

Meanings

  1. 1hub (e.g. of traffic network)
  2. 2hinge
  3. 3pivot
  4. 4fulcrum
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 枢纽

枢shū · (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)纽niǔ · to turn

Related words

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