Dictionary › 轴
轴
zhóu
What 轴 means
- axis
- axle
- spool (for thread)
- roller (for scrolls)
- classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
Other readings
Example sentences
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地球每二十四小时就会绕轴自转一周。Dìqiú měi èrshí sì xiǎoshí jiù huì rào zhóu zìzhuàn yīzhōu.The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.
Words starting with 轴
- 轴心zhóu xīnaxle; (fig.) central element; key element
- 轴承zhóu chéng(mechanical) bearing
- 轴线zhóu xiàncentral axis (line)
- 轴向zhóu xiàngaxis; axial
- 轴率zhóu lǜaxial ratio
- 轴突zhóu tūaxon
- 轴索zhóu suǒaxon (long thin axis of nerve cell)
- 轴丝zhóu sīaxoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
- 轴距zhóu jùwheelbase
- 轴对称zhóu duì chèn(geometry) axial symmetry
- 轴心国Zhóu xīn guóAxis powers (World War II)
- 轴承销zhóu chéng xiāopin bearing
- 轴旋转zhóu xuán zhuǎnto rotate about an axis; axis of rotation (math.)
- 轴突运输zhóu tū yùn shūaxonal transport
Words containing 轴
- 中轴线zhōng zhóu xiàncentral axis (line)
- 卷轴juàn zhóuscroll (book or painting)
- 中轴zhōng zhóuaxis; (bicycle) bottom bracket
- 主轴zhǔ zhóuaxis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc); main axle (of engine)
- 半轴bàn zhóusemiaxis; half axle
- 同轴tóng zhóucoaxial
- 图轴tú zhóuscroll painting
- 地轴dì zhóuthe earth's axis
- 心轴xīn zhóucentral axis; spindle
- 数轴shù zhóunumber line
- 曲轴qū zhóucrankshaft
- 极轴jí zhóupolar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates)
- 机轴jī zhóuarbor; shaft (in a machine)
- 画轴huà zhóucharacter scroll; scroll painting
- 当轴dāng zhóuperson in power; important official
- 立轴lì zhóuvertical scroll (painting or calligraphy); vertical shaft (of a machine)
- 线轴xiàn zhóuthread spool
- 车轴chē zhóuaxle
- 轮轴lún zhóuwheel and axle (mechanism); axle
- 转轴zhuàn zhóuaxis of rotation
- 主轴承zhǔ zhóu chéngmain bearing
- 偏航轴piān háng zhóu(aviation) yaw axis
- 传动轴chuán dòng zhóudrive shaft
- 半长轴bàn cháng zhóusemiaxis; radius
Characters built on 由
These share the phonetic component 由 (yóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 油yóuoil; fat; grease
- 邮yóupost (office); mail
- 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
- 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
- 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
- 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
- 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
- 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel
Characters that look like 轴
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 秘mìsecret; secretary
- 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
- 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
- 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
- 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
- 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
Sounds the same
Read zhóu, tone for tone, but written differently.
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