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

• 太阳轮(太陽輪) solar plexus chakra
• 多轮(多輪) in many stages; multilayered; multipronged (attack)
• 一轮(一輪) first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
• 二轮片(二輪片) second-run movie
• 邮轮(郵輪) ocean liner; cruise liner
• 独轮车(獨輪車) wheelbarrow; unicycle
• 轮廓(輪廓) an outline; silhouette ; general situation
• 油轮(油輪) oil tanker
• 树轮年代学(樹輪年代學) dendrochronology
• 脉轮(脈輪) chakra
• 涡轮机(渦輪機) a turbine
• 车轮饼(車輪餅) imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
• 红轮(紅輪) the sun
• 齿轮箱(齒輪箱) gearbox
• 轮唱(輪唱) round ; canon
• 四轮马车(四輪馬車) chariot
• 轮次(輪次) in turn; by turns; lap; turn; round; classifier for laps, turns, rounds
• 轮转机(輪轉機) merry-go-round
• 客轮(客輪) a passenger ship
• 摆轮(擺輪) balance (of a watch or clock); balance wheel
• 四轮驱动(四輪驅動) four-wheel drive
• 丢轮扯炮(丟輪扯砲) lose a wheel, tear at the gun; flustered and confused in a panic
• 轮滑(輪滑) roller skating
• 四轮定位(四輪定位) wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
• 涡轮喷气发动机(渦輪噴氣發動機) turbojet
• 后轮(後輪) rear wheel
• 轮廓线(輪廓線) an outline; silhouette
• 轮奸(輪姦) to gang rape
• 汽轮机(汽輪機) steam turbine
• 轮圈(輪圈) rim
• 偏三轮摩托车(偏三輪摩托車) motorbike with sidecar
• 轮值(輪值) to take turns on duty
• 年轮(年輪) annual ring; growth ring
• 首轮(首輪) first round (of a competition etc)
• 全轮驱动(全輪驅動) all-wheel drive
• 凸轮(凸輪) cam
• 轮子(輪子) wheel
• 第二轮(第二輪) second round (of match, or election)
• 光轮(光輪) halo
• 轮流(輪流) to alternate
• 轮机(輪機) an engine
• 三轮车(三輪車) pedicab; tricycle
• 燃气轮机(燃氣輪機) gas turbine
• 渡轮船(渡輪船) ferry ship
• 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
• 转轮手枪(轉輪手槍) revolver (handgun)
• 冰轮(冰輪) the moon
• 觭轮(觭輪) one wheel [of a pair]

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