轮 (lún) — (noun) wheel; disk; ring; steamship (in 轮船); (verb) to take turns; to rotate; (classifier) for rounds of events or round objects (disk, moon)
Definition
轮 is the base noun for 'wheel / disk / ring' (e.g. 轮船) and a verb meaning 'to take turns' (one round, then the next). Compared with 转 (to spin/rotate a single object), 轮流 emphasizes people or events alternating in sequence.
noun
wheeldiskringsteamship (in 轮船)
verb
to take turnsto rotate
classifier
for rounds of events or round objects (disk, moon)
Examples
- ，。Zhè liàng qì chē de lún zi huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.This car's wheel is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
- 轮。Jīn tiān lún dào nǐ zhí bān le.Today it's your turn for duty.
- 轮。Zhè shì jīn nián dì yī lún bǐ sài.This is the first round of competition this year.
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