Chinese Word: 枢 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

枢 (Trad.: 樞)

Pinyin: shū

English Definition: hinge; pivot

Chinese Definition:
①门上的转轴：户枢不蠹。
②重要的或中心的部分，起决定性作用的部分：枢纽。中枢。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 木

Pictophonetic:区 indicates the sound; 木 (tree) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 区 [ qū ] area, district, region, ward; surname

Similar Characters: 抠

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Example Words

枢纽	shū niǔ	hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum
中枢	zhōng shū	center; backbone; hub (e.g. of transport network); the central administration
户枢不蠹	hù shū bù dù	lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
枢密院	shū mì yuàn	privy council
枢机	shū jī	cardinal (Catholicism)

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Example Sentences

1		yīn wèi 因为 ān yì 安逸 wèi lái 未来， nǐ 你 yě 也 jiàng 将 huì 会 tiáo zhěng 调整 shū 枢 diǎn 点。 For ease in the future, you will also need to adjust the Pivot Point.
2		zhè 这 rén 人 gāng 刚 jìn lái 进来 bù jiǔ 不久， tā 他 dòng zuò 动作 nà me 那么 qīng 轻， yīn ér 因而 méi 没 rén 人 tīng jiàn 听见 mén shū 门枢 zhuàn dòng 转动 de 的 shēng yīn 声音。 A man had just entered, so softly that the door had not been heard to turn on its hinges.
3		zì 自《 líng shū 灵枢 jīng 经》 tí chū 提出 hòu 后， hòu shì 后世 yī jiā 医家 jié hé 结合 lín chuáng 临床 jīng yàn 经验 hé 和 tǐ huì 体会 ér 而 gè 各 yǒu 有 chǎn fā 阐发。 After they were mentioned in Miraculous Pivot, the methods have been further enunciated by later physicians based on their clinical experience.
4		qiē chú 切除 bìng biàn 病变 de 的 guān jié miàn 关节面 gǔ zhì 骨质， huán 寰 shū 枢（ zhuī 椎） gù dìng 固定 dǎo zhì 导致 xùn sù 迅速 de 的 shén jīng 神经 gōng néng 功能 huī fù 恢复。 Resection of the offending facetal bone and atlantoaxial fixation resulted in rapid neurological recovery.
5		shí yǔ 时雨， yóu 游 lù 路 kuān 宽， lǐ jūn huán 李军寰 shū 枢 guān jié 关节 zhì rù 置入 wù 物 de 的 yán jiū 研究 jìn zhǎn 进展 jí 及 shēng wù 生物 lì xué 力学 fēn xī 分析。 Shi Y. , You L. -K. , Li J. Advances of atlantoaxial joint implant and its biomechanical analysis.

More Sentences

1		yīn wèi 因为 ān yì 安逸 wèi lái 未来， nǐ 你 yě 也 jiàng 将 huì 会 tiáo zhěng 调整 shū 枢 diǎn 点。 For ease in the future, you will also need to adjust the Pivot Point.
2		zhè 这 rén 人 gāng 刚 jìn lái 进来 bù jiǔ 不久， tā 他 dòng zuò 动作 nà me 那么 qīng 轻， yīn ér 因而 méi 没 rén 人 tīng jiàn 听见 mén shū 门枢 zhuàn dòng 转动 de 的 shēng yīn 声音。 A man had just entered, so softly that the door had not been heard to turn on its hinges.
3		zì 自《 líng shū 灵枢 jīng 经》 tí chū 提出 hòu 后， hòu shì 后世 yī jiā 医家 jié hé 结合 lín chuáng 临床 jīng yàn 经验 hé 和 tǐ huì 体会 ér 而 gè 各 yǒu 有 chǎn fā 阐发。 After they were mentioned in Miraculous Pivot, the methods have been further enunciated by later physicians based on their clinical experience.
4		qiē chú 切除 bìng biàn 病变 de 的 guān jié miàn 关节面 gǔ zhì 骨质， huán 寰 shū 枢（ zhuī 椎） gù dìng 固定 dǎo zhì 导致 xùn sù 迅速 de 的 shén jīng 神经 gōng néng 功能 huī fù 恢复。 Resection of the offending facetal bone and atlantoaxial fixation resulted in rapid neurological recovery.
5		shí yǔ 时雨， yóu 游 lù 路 kuān 宽， lǐ jūn huán 李军寰 shū 枢 guān jié 关节 zhì rù 置入 wù 物 de 的 yán jiū 研究 jìn zhǎn 进展 jí 及 shēng wù 生物 lì xué 力学 fēn xī 分析。 Shi Y. , You L. -K. , Li J. Advances of atlantoaxial joint implant and its biomechanical analysis.

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