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)

Contained in

• 轮次(輪次) in turn; by turns; lap; turn; round; classifier for laps, turns, rounds
• 燃气轮机(燃氣輪機) gas turbine
• 轮值(輪值) to take turns on duty
• 轮滑(輪滑) roller skating
• 美轮美奂(美輪美奐) splendid and magnificent houses; a sumptuous mansion
• 轮候(輪候) to wait one's turn
• 轮廓(輪廓) an outline; silhouette ; general situation
• 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
• 三轮儿(三輪兒) a pedicab; a tricycle
• 轮唱(輪唱) round ; canon
• 四轮驱动(四輪驅動) four-wheel drive
• 轮换(輪換) to rotate; to take turns; to switch
• 足轮(足輪) foot chakra
• 摆轮(擺輪) balance (of a watch or clock); balance wheel
• 涡轮喷气发动机(渦輪噴氣發動機) turbojet
• 导轮(導輪) guide pulley; foreword; preface
• 登轮(登輪) to board a ship
• 轮作(輪作) rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil)
• 偏三轮(偏三輪) old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat
• 单轮车(單輪車) unicycle
• 涡轮机(渦輪機) a turbine
• 轮生(輪生) verticillate
• 埋轮(埋輪) to buy a [chariot] wheel
• 轮盘(輪盤) roulette
• 轮廓线(輪廓線) an outline; silhouette
• 汽轮机(汽輪機) steam turbine
• 齿条齿轮(齒條齒輪) rack and pinion
• 日轮(日輪) the disk of the Sun
• 二轮(二輪) second round
• 飞轮(飛輪) flywheel; sprocket wheel
• 轮辐(輪輻) wheel spoke
• 树轮年代学(樹輪年代學) dendrochronology
• 轮转(輪轉) to rotate
• 江轮(江輪) river steamer
• 车轮(車輪) a wheel
• 轮流(輪流) to alternate
• 轮暴(輪暴) to gang rape
• 轮船(輪船) ship; steamship
• 胶轮(膠輪) pneumatic tire; rubber tire
• 年轮(年輪) annual ring; growth ring
• 轮子(輪子) wheel
• 办公桌轮用(辦公桌輪用) hot-desking
• 四轮马车(四輪馬車) chariot
• 货轮(貨輪) freighter; cargo ship
• 三轮车(三輪車) pedicab; tricycle
• 轮机(輪機) an engine
• 风水轮流(風水輪流) fortunes rise and fall; times change
• 车轮菜(車輪菜) Plantago asiatica
• 轮转机(輪轉機) merry-go-round
• 班轮(班輪) regular passenger or cargo ship; regular steamship service

Also contained in

轮台古城

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 75
• 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 39
• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 30
• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 27
• 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 24
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 20
• 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 17
• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
• 卷十七 志第九 輿服 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 11
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11