輪子

See also: 轮子

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (輪子)		輪	子
simp. (轮子)		轮	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lúnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nen² zi³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лүнзы (lünzɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): liin⁴ zi
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùn-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): lùng-cṳ̄
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶len-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lwún-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen.tzy
    • Palladius: луньцзы (lunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nen² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lenz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nən²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лүнзы (lünzɨ, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ zi²
    • Yale: lèuhn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: liin⁴ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɨn³⁵ t͡sz̩²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùn-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: lun^ˇ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lun² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lùng-cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶len-zy
    • MiniDict: len^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³len-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lən²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

輪子

1. wheel
2. (neologism, religious slur) Falun Gong practitioner
3. (programming, slang) existing implementation (in reference to 重複造輪子／重复造轮子 (“reinventing the wheel”))

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		輪, 轔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輪子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	軲轆, 輪子
	Taiwan	輪子
	Singapore	輪子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	軲輪兒, 軲輪子, 軲轆 suburbs
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	輪子
	Xi'an	軲轆, 輪子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	軲轆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	軲轆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	輪子, 滾滾
	Wuhan	滾砣, 滾子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	輪盤
	Hefei	軲轆子
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
	Puning	輦
	Singapore (Teochew)	輦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	車輪
Wu	Shanghai	輪盤
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	輪盤
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	輪盤
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	輪盤, 輪子
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	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
	Changzhou (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
	Taizhou (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