紐仔
Chinese
| to turn; to wrench; button | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紐仔) | 紐 | 仔 | |
| simp. (纽仔) | 纽 | 仔 | |
| alternative forms | 鈕仔/钮仔 | ||
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): niǔ-ciě
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liú-á
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: néu-é
- Hakka Romanization System: neuˋ eˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: neu3 e3
- Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /neu̯³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
- Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Neipu): /neu̯³¹ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: nêu3 ê3
- Sinological IPA: /neu³¹ ʋe³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niǔ-ciě
- Sinological IPA (key): /niu²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-á
- Tâi-lô: liú-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: liwar
- Sinological IPA (Singapore): /liu⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Noun
紐仔
- (Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min) button (on an item of clothing)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) lasso; noose
- (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) button-sized object
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 紐扣 (“button”) [map]
- (lasso): 套索 (tàosuǒ)