枢

shū

Definitions

1. hinge
2. pivot

Words Containing 枢

• 枢纽 shū niǔ: hub (e.g. of traffic network)
• 中枢 zhōng shū: center
• 中枢神经系统 zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng: central nervous system, CNS
• 交通枢纽 jiāo tōng shū niǔ: traffic hub
• 天枢 tiān shū: alpha Ursae Majoris
• 天枢星 tiān shū xīng: alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
• 户枢不蠹 hù shū bù dù: lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
• 枢垣 shū yuán: censorate
• 枢密院 shū mì yuàn: privy council
• 枢机 shū jī: cardinal (Catholicism)
• 枢机主教 shū jī zhǔ jiào: cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
• 枢轴 shū zhóu: pivot; fulcrum
• 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù: lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
• 要枢 yào shū: important traffic hub
• 灵枢经 líng shū jīng: the Divine Pivot or Spiritual Pivot, ancient Chinese medical text