轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方向盘 方向盤 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel syn 车轮 車輪 chē lún wheel syn 陀螺 tuó luó spinning top / gyroscope 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 翱翔 áo xiáng to soar / to wheel about in the sky syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 纺织 紡織 fǎng zhī spinning and weaving 前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel 轮轴 輪軸 lún zhóu wheel and axle (mechanism) / axle syn 后轮 後輪 hòu lún rear wheel 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel / to roll / also pr. [gu1 lu5] syn 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large wheel 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 钢圈 鋼圈 gāng quān wheel rim / underwire (in a bra) 纺纱 紡紗 fǎng shā to spin (cotton, wool etc) / spinning 滴溜溜 dī liū liū whirling / spinning around and around / round and plump (e.g. of fruit) 辘轳 轆轤 lù lu well pulley / windlass / potter's wheel syn 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 轮毂 輪轂 lún gǔ wheel hub 砂轮 砂輪 shā lún grinding wheel / emery wheel syn 摩天轮 摩天輪 mó tiān lún Ferris wheel / observation wheel 轮盘 輪盤 lún pán roulette / wheel 叶轮 葉輪 yè lún turbine wheel 四轮驱动 四輪驅動 sì lún qū dòng four-wheel drive 法轮 法輪 fǎ lún the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism 骨碌碌 gǔ lù lù (onom.) rolling around / spinning / also spoken pr. [gu3 lu1 lu1] 骨碌碌 gū lù lù (onom.) rolling around / spinning / also pr. [gu1 lu1 lu1] / Taiwan pr. [gu2 lu4 lu5] 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 驱动轮 驅動輪 qū dòng lún drive wheel 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 轮辐 輪輻 lún fú wheel spoke 辖 轄 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) / (bound form) to govern / to have jurisdiction over syn 辐 輻 fú spoke of a wheel 辐条 輻條 fú tiáo (wheel) spoke 轱 軲 gū wheel / to roll 车轮子 車輪子 chē lún zi wheel 辏 輳 còu to converge / hub of wheel 抟 摶 tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel 毂 轂 gū wheel 毂 轂 gǔ hub of wheel 辋 輞 wǎng tire / wheel band 轹 轢 lì to bully / wheel-rut 铲土机 鏟土機 chǎn tǔ jī bulldozer / wheel loader syn 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 辁 輇 quán limited (of talent or ability) / (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes) 鎋 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) (variant of 轄|辖[xia2]) 头昏眼晕 頭昏眼暈 tóu hūn yǎn yūn head spinning and blurred vision / giddy / in a faint 头昏眼暗 頭昏眼暗 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo 旋工 鏇工 xuàn gōng lathe operator / spinning wheel worker 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly 织纴 織紝 zhī rèn spinning and weaving 吸金 xī jīn money-spinning / moneymaking 童玩 tóng wán (Tw) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺[tuo2 luo2], tangram 七巧板[qi1 qiao3 ban3] etc) 甩干 甩乾 shuǎi gān to remove excess moisture by spinning / to put (clothes) through the spin cycle / to spin-dry 輮 róu wheel band 全轮 全輪 quán lún front wheel 全轮驱动 全輪驅動 quán lún qū dòng all-wheel drive 从动 從動 cóng dòng -driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley) syn 戽水 hù shuǐ to draw water for irrigation (manually or with a water wheel) 橾 shū the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic) 法轮常转 法輪常轉 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything 砣子 tuó zi emery wheel syn 终而复始 終而復始 zhōng ér fù shǐ lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom) / the wheel comes full circle 车条 車條 chē tiáo spoke (of wheel) 车轮饼 車輪餅 chē lún bǐng imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings) 軭 kuāng to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel) 轮缘 輪緣 lún yuán rim / edge of wheel 轮脚 輪腳 lún jiǎo caster (furniture wheel) 轮齿 輪齒 lún chǐ tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth 龙骨车 龍骨車 lóng gǔ chē water wheel syn 四轮驱动汽车 four-wheel-drive vehicle 反作用轮 反作用輪 fǎn zuò yòng lún reaction wheel 长轴距 長軸距 long wheel base 车轮校正机 車輪校正機 wheel-alignment machine 动量轮 動量輪 momentum wheel 从矿井到车轮分析法 從礦井到車輪分析法 well-to-wheel analysis 车轮清洁站 車輪清潔站 wheel cleaning station 测距轮 測距輪 cè jù lún measuring wheel 国际内轮协会 國際內輪協會 International Inner Wheel 中枢网 中樞網 hub network / star network / wheel network 车轮平衡设备 車輪平衡設備 wheel-balancer 巂 guī cuckoo / revolution of a wheel 偏三轮 偏三輪 piān sān lún old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat 四轮定位 四輪定位 sì lún dìng wèi wheel alignment (automobile maintenance) 拉坯 lā pī to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel) 转向盘 轉向盤 zhuǎn xiàng pán steering wheel 