HSK 6 · Clothing

纽扣儿 niǔkòur “button” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 纽扣儿 means

  1. button

How to say 纽扣儿

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale纽niǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale扣kòu4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own儿rneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

纽扣儿 in a sentence

  1. 我的衬衫掉了一个纽扣儿。

    Wǒ de chènshān diào le yí ge niǔkòur.

    A button has come off my shirt.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 天冷了，把纽扣儿扣好。

    Tiān lěng le, bǎ niǔkòur kòuhǎo.

    It’s cold; do up your buttons.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 纽扣儿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 纽 (niǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
纽niǔto turn
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 丑ugly · chǒuSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 丑 (chǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with niǔ.

The character 扣 (kòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
扣kòuto fasten
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 口 (kǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with kòu.

The character 儿 (ér) with each of its parts in a different colour
儿érchild
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.

How to write 纽扣儿

纽 7 strokes · 扣 6 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

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纽扣儿 (niǔkòur) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 纽扣儿 (niǔkòur). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 纽扣儿

Words with 扣

扣kòu · to button

Words with 儿

儿子érzi · son女儿nǚ'ér · daughter哪儿nǎr · where这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little面条儿miàntiáor · noodles好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly男孩儿nánháir · boy

More words: Clothing & Appearance

化妆huàzhuāng · to put on make-up款式kuǎnshì · style面貌miànmào · appearance模样múyàng · appearance旗袍qípáo · qipao容貌róngmào · looks神态shéntài · expression首饰shǒushì · jewellery

FAQs

纽扣儿 (niǔkòur) means “button”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it niǔkòur: niǔ with a 3rd tone, then kòu with a 4th tone, then r with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 纽扣儿 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type niukour with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纽扣儿 from the suggestions. Typing niukour into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纽扣儿 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.