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zhóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhóu | zhou2
English translation
axle, pivot, shaft; axis

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About zhóu

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhóu

Contains the radical

Chē

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wheel

Etymology of zhóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

车由

Semantic compound

Chē

Phonetic compound

yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Chē represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of zhóu .

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Example sentences using zhóu

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yǒu rén 发现 fāxiàn , gài Néng 抑制 yì zhì 黄瓜 huáng guā 胚轴 de 伸长 shēn cháng .

It was found that calcium reduced elongation of cucumber hypocotyls.

zài héng 坐标轴 shǎng děng 分成 fēn chéng 15.

The horizontal axis was then divided into 15 spaces.

xiá 轴承 zhóu chéng zhǐ 需要 xūyào jiào duǎn de 距离 jùlí jiù Néng 产生 chǎnshēng Quán 宽度 kuān dù 润滑 rùn huá .

The narrower bearings required less distance to develop full width films.

洛阳 Luò yáng LYC děng 国产 guó chǎn Lóng 关节 guān jié 轴承 zhóu chéng .

Luoyang LYC, and other domestic and Lung River joint bearing.

每个 Xiāng Jué 不论 bù lùn shì zhēng de Huán shì de , dōu shì 相对 xiāngduì 水平 shuǐpíng zhóu 来说 de .

Each phase angle, whether positive or negative, is referenced to the horizontal.

Words with zhóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhóu axis zhóu
轴承 zhóu chéng (mechanical) bearing軸承
卷轴 juàn zhóu scroll (book or painting)卷軸
轴线 zhóu xiàn central axis (line)軸線
车轴 chē zhóu axle車軸
轴心 zhóu xīn axle軸心
主轴 zhǔ zhóu axis主軸
轮轴 lún zhóu axle輪軸
轴距 zhóu jù wheelbase軸距
线轴 xiàn zhóu thread spool線軸
曲轴 qū zhóu crankshaft曲軸
压轴戏 yā zhòu xì climax壓軸戲
转轴 zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation轉軸
连轴转 lián zhóu zhuàn to work non-stop連軸轉
轴心国 Zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II)軸心國
凸轮轴 tū lún zhóu camshaft凸輪軸
同轴 tóng zhóu coaxial同軸
同轴电缆 tóng zhóu diàn lǎn coaxial cable同軸電纜
传动轴 chuán dòng zhóu drive shaft傳動軸
对称轴 duì chèn zhóu axis of symmetry對稱軸
立轴 lì zhóu vertical shaft (of a machine)立軸
半轴 bàn zhóu semiaxis半軸

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