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独轮车dú lún chē
wheelbarrow
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 独轮车 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 獨輪車 | ||
| 獨輪車 | dúlúnchē | |
| 1. n. wheelbarrow | ||
| 2. n. unicycle | ||
| 3. n. (chiefly mainland neologism internet slang) spambot used on streaming platforms | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| wheelbarrow | ||
| 1. 独轮手推车 | ||
| Components | ||
| 独 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 獨 | ||
| 獨 | dú | |
| 1. alone; single; solitary | ||
| 獨自 - by oneself | ||
| 獨奏 - solo | ||
| 2. the old and childless | ||
| 3. only | ||
| 不獨 - not only | ||
| 唯獨 - only; all except | ||
| 4. (literary) (Indicates a rhetorical question): is it possible that... | ||
| Synonyms: 豈, 寧 | ||
| 5. (in compounds) separatism | ||
| 謀獨 - to plot / scheme for independence | ||
| 港獨 - Hong Kong Independence Movement | ||
| 臺獨 - Taiwan Independence Movement | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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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Pronunciation
dú lún chē
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