轮 (輪) lún

1. lún measure word a round; a turn
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used for natural cyclic events, such as sun rises or human events that are expected to repeat, such as rounds of sports competitions. (Giles 1892 '輪'; Guoyu '輪' n 5; Kroll 2015 '輪' 2, p. 289; NCCED '轮' 5)
2. lún noun a wheel
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 自行车轮 'bicycle wheel' (Giles 1892 '輪'; Guoyu '輪' n 1; Kroll 2015 '輪' 1, p. 289; NCCED '轮' 1; Unihan '輪')
3. lún noun a disk; a ring
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 光轮 'halo' (Giles 1892 '輪'; Guoyu '輪' n 3; Kroll 2015 '輪' 1b, p. 289; NCCED '轮' 3)
4. lún noun a revolution
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of a circular or recurring movement (Giles 1892 '輪')
5. lún verb to revolve; to turn; to recur
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輪' 2, p. 289; Unihan '輪')
6. lún verb to take turns; in turn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '輪' v; Kroll 2015 '輪' 2, p. 289; NCCED '轮' 2)
7. lún noun a steamer; a steamboat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 轮船 (Guoyu '輪' n 2; NCCED '轮' 4)
8. lún noun a 12 year cycle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '轮' 6)
9. lún noun a vehicle with wheels
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a figure of speech extending the sense of wheel (Kroll 2015 '輪' 1a, p. 289)
10. lún noun a north-south measurement
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輪' 3, p. 289)
11. lún noun perimeter; circumference
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輪' 3a, p. 289)
12. lún adjective high soaring
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 高大 (Guoyu '輪' adj; Kroll 2015 '輪' 4, p. 289)
13. lún proper noun Lun
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '輪' 6)

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• 汽轮机(汽輪機) steam turbine
• 轮胎(輪胎) tire
• 脐轮(臍輪) manipūra or manipura, the solar plexus chakra
• 涡轮轴发动机(渦輪軸發動機) turboshaft
• 轮转机(輪轉機) merry-go-round
• 涡轮(渦輪) a turbine
• 锥齿轮(錐齒輪) pinion gear
• 三轮车(三輪車) pedicab; tricycle
• 轮候(輪候) to wait one's turn
• 喉轮(喉輪) viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck
• 四轮马车(四輪馬車) chariot
• 巨轮(巨輪) large ship; large wheel
• 棘轮(棘輪) ratchet
• 油轮(油輪) oil tanker
• 冰轮(冰輪) the moon
• 独轮车(獨輪車) wheelbarrow; unicycle
• 轮询(輪詢) to poll; polling
• 左轮手枪(左輪手槍) revolver
• 二轮(二輪) second round
• 声调轮廓(聲調輪廓) tone contour
• 轮机(輪機) an engine
• 首轮(首輪) first round (of a competition etc)
• 摆轮(擺輪) balance (of a watch or clock); balance wheel
• 轮次(輪次) in turn; by turns; lap; turn; round; classifier for laps, turns, rounds
• 风火轮(風火輪) (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting; (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed
• 轮廓鲜明(輪廓鮮明) sharp image; clear-cut; in bold outline; in sharp relief
• 轮脚(輪腳) caster (furniture wheel)
• 轮唱(輪唱) round ; canon
• 齿条齿轮(齒條齒輪) rack and pinion
• 皇家加勒比海游轮公司(皇家加勒比海遊輪公司) Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
• 轮暴(輪暴) to gang rape
• 暗轮汽船(暗輪汽船) a screw steamer
• 月轮(月輪) the disk of the moon
• 轮距(輪距) tread (on tire); gauge
• 火轮船(火輪船) steamboat
• 潜水装备拖轮箱(潛水裝備拖輪箱) diving bag; diving suitcase
• 轮换(輪換) to rotate; to take turns; to switch
• 二轮片(二輪片) second-run movie
• 轮生(輪生) verticillate
• 美轮美奂(美輪美奐) splendid and magnificent houses; a sumptuous mansion
• 风水轮流(風水輪流) fortunes rise and fall; times change
• 链轮(鏈輪) sprocket
• 海底轮(海底輪) mūlādhāra or muladhara
• 俄罗斯轮盘(俄羅斯輪盤) Russian roulette
• 三轮儿(三輪兒) a pedicab; a tricycle
• 轮牧(輪牧) rotation grazing
• 四轮定位(四輪定位) wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
• 一轮(一輪) first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)

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