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tie
button
hub
button
organ stop
button
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
see 紐襻|纽襻[niu3 pan4]
button loop
Newcastle
traffic hub
Notice where 纽 sits in each complete thought.
Your shirt button is coming off.
Source: Tatoeba #1312506 · CC BY 2.0 FRNew York is a big city.
Source: Tatoeba #762248 · CC BY 2.0 FRI will have been to New York twice this time.
Source: Tatoeba #13890631 · CC BY 2.0 FRI lived in New York last year.
Source: Tatoeba #408503 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe will go to New York next month.
Source: Tatoeba #2879114 · CC BY 2.0 FRI've never been to New York, and my sister hasn't, either.
Source: Tatoeba #784534 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.