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小轮摩托车
xiǎo lún mó tuō chē



小轮摩托车
scooter


Definitions

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scooter
     1. 滑行车
Components
摩托车
     1. Simplified form of 摩托車
摩托車mótuōchē, mótuóchē
     1. n. motorcycle; motorbike
           小型 摩托車 - motor scooter
     2. n. (obsolete) motor vehicle; car
xiǎo
     1. small, tiny, little
           小孩 - child
           (ant, zh, 大)
     2. minor, petty
     3. briefly, for a short while
           小憩 - brief rest
     4. slightly, a little
     5. young
           小狗 - puppy
           小貓 - kitten
           小羊 - lamb
           這 嬰兒 太 小 了,不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself.
           (ant, zh, 老)
     6. (the) youngest
           小兒子 - youngest son
     7. a young person; child, kid, baby
           一家老小 - the entire family, old and young
     8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).
           For example, Someone called 李國寶/李国宝 can be called 小李.
     9. (humble) my, our
           小弟 - humble I
           小女 - humble my daughter
           小的 - humble I
     10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school)
     11.    Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.
     12.   二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School
     13.    Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.
     14.   小一 - P1 (first year in primary school)
     15. (dialectal) concubine
     16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck.
           小 你! - Duck you!
     17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.
     1. Simplified form of 輪
lún
     1. wheel
           齒輪 - gear
           三輪車 - tricycle
     2. Short for 輪船 (steamer; motor ship)
           貨輪 - cargo ship
     3. edge; rim
     4. to take turns
           輪班 - to work in shifts
           輪 到 你 了。 - It's your turn.
           我 等 咗 十 幾 分 鐘 都 仲 未 輪 到 我,真 係 離晒譜。 - I've waited for over ten minutes now and it's still not my turn; this is ridiculous.
     5. (comparing people's ages) a cycle of Chinese zodiac, twelve years
           我 比 他 大 一 輪。 - I'm 12 years older than him.
           第 二 輪 談判 - second round of talks
           一 輪 明月 - a bright moon
           一 輪 紅日 - a red sun
     6. (slang) Short for 輪姦 (to gang-rape)
     7. n. (Cantonese, finance, in compounds) warrant
mó, mā
     1. to rub; to scour; to grind
     2. to stroke; to brush
     3. to approach; to touch; to draw near
     4. to study; to investigate; to research
     5. (chemistry) Short for 摩爾 (mole)
tuō
     1. to hold in the hand
     2. something that supports
     3. torr (unit of pressure)
     4. (Cantonese, euphemistic) (zh-short, 托柒)
     5. Simplified form of 託
tuō
     1. to entrust (to someone's care); to commit (something) to someone's care
     2. to rely on; to depend on
     3. to entrust (someone) with something; to assign responsibility for
     4. to give as a pretext; to feign
     1. Variant of 車
     2. Variant of 卓
     1. tall and erect
     2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty
     1. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook
     2. (chess) rook
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