工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn 纺车 紡車 fǎng chē spinning wheel syn 纺轮 紡輪 fǎng lún spinning wheel 軖 kuáng spinning wheel / wheelbarrow 砂轮 砂輪 shā lún grinding wheel / emery wheel syn 摩天轮 摩天輪 mó tiān lún Ferris wheel / observation wheel 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 农工 農工 nóng gōng agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism) 八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker 替工 tì gōng replacement worker / substitute worker 村级工作人员 cūn jí gōng zuò rén yuán village-level worker / village worker / village agent 计票员 計票員 jì piào yuán poll worker / electoral worker 纺织 紡織 fǎng zhī spinning and weaving 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 陀螺 tuó luó spinning top / gyroscope 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 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) 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] 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 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 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 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) 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 车轮 車輪 chē lún wheel syn 方向盘 方向盤 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel 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 轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 后轮 後輪 hòu lún rear wheel 前轮 前輪 qián lún front 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 轮毂 輪轂 lún gǔ wheel hub 轮盘 輪盤 lún pán roulette / wheel 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large 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 钢圈 鋼圈 gāng quān wheel rim / underwire (in a bra) 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 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 轮轴 輪軸 lún zhóu wheel and axle (mechanism) / axle syn 轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel / to roll / also pr. [gu1 lu5] syn 辘轳 轆轤 lù lu well pulley / windlass / potter's wheel syn 驱动轮 驅動輪 qū dòng lún drive wheel 辐条 輻條 fú tiáo (wheel) spoke 车轮子 車輪子 chē lún zi wheel 轮辐 輪輻 lún fú wheel spoke 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 辖 轄 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) / (bound form) to govern / to have jurisdiction over 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 辐 輻 fú spoke of a wheel 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 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 轱 軲 gū wheel / to roll 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 毂 轂 gū wheel 毂 轂 gǔ hub of wheel 辋 輞 wǎng tire / wheel band 轹 轢 lì to bully / wheel-rut 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]) 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 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 铲土机 鏟土機 chǎn tǔ jī bulldozer / wheel loader syn 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 