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
(Sixian, PFS): néu-é

(Meixian, Guangdong): nêu³ ê³
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: neu^ˋ e^ˋ
  - 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/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niǔ-ciě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-á
  - Tâi-lô: liú-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liwar
  - IPA (Singapore): /liu⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

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]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扣, 衣扣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	扣子, 扣兒, 紐兒 Chinese-stye
	Taiwan	扣子
	Harbin	扣兒 Western-style
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	扣子, 紐扣兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	扣兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	扣兒
	Wanrong	扣子 Western-style
	Xi'an	扣子 disc, 紐子, 紐門兒疙瘩 ball
	Xining	扣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	紐子 Western-style, 紐子疙瘩 knot
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扣子 Western-style, 紐子
	Wuhan	扣子
	Guiyang	扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style, 紐扣 Chinese-style
	Liuzhou	扣子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	扣子 Western-style, 紐扣 Western-style, 紐子, 紐兒 old-style ball
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	紐子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	紐
	Hong Kong	紐
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	紐
	Macau	紐
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	紐
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	紐
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	紐
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	紐
	Foshan	紐
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	紐
	Foshan (Shunde)	紐
	Foshan (Sanshui)	紐
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	紐
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	紐
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	紐
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	紐
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	紐
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	紐
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	紐
	Taishan	紐
	Kaiping (Chikan)	紐
	Enping (Niujiang)	紐
	Heshan (Yayao)	紐
	Dongguan	紐
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	紐
Gan	Nanchang	扣子
	Lichuan	扣仔 new-style, 扣子 new-style, 跪兒 old-style
	Pingxiang	扣子
Hakka	Meixian	紐公仔 Chinese-style, 扣仔 Western-style, 紐仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	紐
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	紐
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	紐
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	紐
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	紐扣
	Yudu	扣子 disc, 紐子 knot
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	紐仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紐仔, 扣仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紐仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紐仔, 紐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	紐子
Huizhou	Jixi	扣子
Jin	Taiyuan	扣扣, 扣疙瘩 Chinese-style
Jin	Xinzhou	扣子 Western-style
Northern Min	Jian'ou	紐仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扣門 Chinese-stye
Southern Min	Xiamen	紐仔
	Quanzhou	紐仔
	Zhangzhou	紐仔
	Tainan	紐仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紐仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	紐仔
	Shantou	紐
	Shantou (Chenghai)	紐
	Jieyang	紐
	Haikou	紐
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	紐
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	扣子
Wu	Shanghai	紐子, 紐頭 Chinese-style
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紐子 Western-style, 紐頭 Chinese-style
	Suzhou	紐子 ball, 紐頭 disc
	Wuxi	紐頭
	Danyang	紐扣, 紐子子
	Hangzhou	紐扣兒 Chinese-style, 扣兒
	Ningbo	紐子 Western-style
	Jinhua	紐子兒
Xiang	Changsha	扣子 Western-style, 扣它子 Chinese-style
Xiang	Loudi	扣子

(lasso): 套索 (tàosuǒ)

Derived terms