How to look up a word containing ü in Pinyin?

[Moshen]

I was trying to look up a definition for the word "nüxu" in Google translate, and I was initially baffled because when I typed "nu," the character for woman did not show up.  Why in the world was that?  It dawned on me finally that it wasn't showing up because the pinyin for that character is "nü," not "nu."

 

So I Googled to find out how to type a "u" with an umlaut on an English keyboard, and found that you need to hold down the Alt key and type "0252."  This worked here, on the forum, but it doesn't work on Google to bring up the Chinese "nü" character.  I tried both on my phone and on a desktop.

 

Any ideas how to make this lookup work?

[889]

Using a "v" -- like nv for 女 -- is standard.

[vellocet]

Alt-0165 prints the yen symbol ¥ - very useful when avoiding the dreaded RMB substitution!

[Baihande]

Even if you have a Keyboard with ü, typing the ü offen won't work, for instance with Microsoft. Microsoft pinyin always expects a v for an ü.

[Jim]

Used to see it on book covers where they put the title in pinyin as well as the characters.