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小轮摩托车xiǎo lún mó tuō chē
scooter
Definitions
English > Chinese | ||
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 | ||
小 | 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. | ||
轮 | ||
1. Simplified form of 輪 | ||
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 | ||
摩 | 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) | ||
托 | 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 | ||
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 | ||
车 | ||
1. Variant of 車 | ||
2. Variant of 卓 | ||
卓 | 卓 | |
1. tall and erect | ||
2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty | ||
車 | jū | |
1. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook | ||
2. (chess) rook | ||
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xiǎo lún mó tuō chē
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