樞紐

Chinese

		hinge; pivot	to turn; to wrench; button
trad. (樞紐)		樞	紐
simp. (枢纽)		枢	纽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūniǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄋㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ nau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-liú / chhu-liú / su-niú / khi-niú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūniǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuniǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-niu³
    • Yale: shū-nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuneou
    • Palladius: шуню (šunju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ nau²
    • Yale: syū náu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ nau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ neo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ nɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liú
    • Tâi-lô: su-liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suliuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ liu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² liu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu-liú
    • Tâi-lô: tshu-liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuliuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ liu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ liu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-niú
    • Tâi-lô: su-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suniuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² niũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-niú
    • Tâi-lô: khi-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiniuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² niũ⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 樞紐

1. pivot; hub; axis; key position