纽 niǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 丑 ugly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
纽带
niǔdài
bond; link; tie
Characters in this word
带 dài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 共同的语言常常成为移民社群维系身份认同的重要纽带。 Gòngtóng de yǔyán chángcháng chéngwéi yímín shèqún wéixì shēnfèn rèntóng de zhòngyào niǔdài. A shared language often becomes an important bond through which immigrant communities maintain their identity.
- 音乐是连接不同国家人们的纽带。 Yīnyuè shì liánjiē bùtóng guójiā rénmen de niǔdài. Music is a bond that connects people from different countries.
- 这家老茶馆成了邻居们之间的情感纽带。 Zhè jiā lǎo cháguǎn chéngle línjūmen zhījiān de qínggǎn niǔdài. This old teahouse has become an emotional tie between the neighbours.