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 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 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 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 跳水 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 轮轴 輪軸 lún zhóu wheel and axle (mechanism) / axle syn 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 后轮 後輪 hòu lún rear wheel 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 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 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel / to roll / also pr. [gu1 lu5] syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) 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) 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol syn 辘轳 轆轤 lù lu well pulley / windlass / potter's wheel syn 纺车 紡車 fǎng chē spinning wheel syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 打水 dǎ shuǐ to draw water / to splash water 水表 shuǐ biǎo water meter / indicator of water level 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 中水 zhōng shuǐ reclaimed water / recycled water 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 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 四轮驱动 四輪驅動 sì lún qū dòng four-wheel drive 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 法轮 法輪 fǎ lún the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism 水上运动 水上運動 shuǐ shàng yùn dòng water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 原水 yuán shuǐ raw water / unpurified water 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing / to water-ski 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 苏打水 蘇打水 sū dá shuǐ soda water / carbonated water 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 泽泻 澤瀉 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) syn 枯水 kū shuǐ scarce water / low water level 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 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 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled 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 汛 xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn 踩水 cǎi shuǐ to tread water / to paddle or tramp in shallow water 辐条 輻條 fú tiáo (wheel) spoke 水烟袋 水煙袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong / water pipe / hookah syn 轱 軲 gū wheel / to roll 莼菜 蓴菜 chún cài water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant 舀水 yǎo shuǐ to ladle water / to scoop up water 车轮子 車輪子 chē lún zi wheel 吸附水 xī fù shuǐ pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 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 