輪仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (輪仔)		輪	仔
simp. (轮仔)		轮	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lin-é / lien-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lun² ê³

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin<sup>4</sup> e<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵ e³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-é / lien-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin e` / lien e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin⁴ e³ / lian⁴ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵ e³¹/, /li̯en⁵⁵ e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lun² ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ ne³¹/

Noun

輪仔

1. (Hakka) wheel

   • 佢等个箭當利；佢等个弓拉𢫮。佢等个馬蹄比石頭還較硬；佢等戰車个輪仔像捲風轉恁轂。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     佢等个箭当利；佢等个弓拉𢫮。佢等个马蹄比石头还较硬；佢等战车个轮仔像卷风转恁毂。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 以賽亞書 (Isaiah) 5:28

     Kì-têu ke chien tong-li; kì-têu ke kiûng lâi-hèn. Kì-têu ke mâ-thài pí sa̍k-thèu hàn-kha ngang; kì-têu chan-chhâ ke -lin-é chhiong kién-fûng chón án-kuk. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 輪子 (“wheel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		輪, 轔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輪子
Mandarin	Beijing	軲轆, 輪子
	Taiwan	輪子
	Jinan	軲輪兒, 軲輪子, 軲轆 suburbs
	Luoyang	輪子
	Xi'an	軲轆, 輪子
	Ürümqi	軲轆
	Wuhan	滾砣, 滾子
	Chengdu	輪子, 滾滾
	Yangzhou	輪盤
	Hefei	軲轆子
	Singapore	輪子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	軲轆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轆
	Hong Kong	轆
	Yangjiang	輪, 輪仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	輪
Gan	Nanchang	砣, 輪子
	Lichuan	輪子
Hakka	Meixian	輪仔
	Yudu	輪子
Jin	Taiyuan	軲轆子, 軲攏子, 輪子
	Xinzhou	輪子, 軲溜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	輪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	輪輪
Southern Min	Xiamen	輦, 輪, 輪仔
	Quanzhou	輦
	Zhangzhou	輦
	Tainan	輦仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	輦
	Manila (Hokkien)	輪
	Chaozhou	輪
	Singapore (Teochew)	輦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	車輪
Wu	Shanghai	輪盤
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	輪盤, 輪子
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	輪盤
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	輪盤
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	輪盤
	Suzhou	輪盤
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	輪盤
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	輪盤
	Changshu	輪盤
	Kunshan	輪盤
	Jiaxing	輪盤
	Changzhou	輪盤
	Liyang	輪盤
	Jintan	輪盤
	Yixing	輪盤
	Danyang	輪盤, 輪子
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	輪盤
	Jingjiang	輪子, 輪盤, 盤子
	Jiangyin	輪盤
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	輪盤
	Hangzhou	輪盤, 輪子
	Shaoxing	輪盤
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	輪盤
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	輪盤
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	輪盤
	Ningbo	輪盤, 擂盤 dated
	Yuyao	輪盤
	Huangyan	輪盤
	Wenzhou	輪盤, 輪
	Quzhou	輪盤
	Jinhua	輪盤, 司機 euphemistic
	Yongkang	輪盤
Xiang	Changsha	輪盤, 滾盤, 車盤, 車輪子
	Shuangfeng	滾盤, 𱰥盤

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 輪仔 – see 輦仔 (“wheel”). (This term is a variant form of 輦仔).

References

• “Entry #11523”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.