Lexis Rex Home



Chinese Word of the Day

轮胎
lún tāi



轮胎
tire


Definitions

Chinese > English
轮胎
     1. Simplified form of 輪胎
輪胎lúntāi
     1. n. tire (rubber covering on a wheel)
           備用 輪胎 - spare tire
           輪胎 漏 氣 了。 - The tire is leaking gas.
English > Chinese
tire
     1. 名词. 轮胎
     2. 动词. 勞累
Components
     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
tāi
     1. fetus; unborn child
     2. source, origin
     3. to bring up, to rear
     4. pearl in shell
     5. roughcast
     6. padding
     7. tongue coating; fur
           (zh-alt-inline, 苔)
     8. to escape
     9. Alternative form of 鮐
     10. pneumatic tire
Click here for character analysis

Pronunciation

pronunciation
lún tāi




Review Previous Words





Learn these with
Multiple Choice
Bingo
Hidden Image
Hangman
Word Search
Crosswords
Memory
Flash Cards
Swap Q/A




Subscribe to Word of the Day
Email: