軲轆

See also: 轱辘

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (軲轆)	軲	轆
simp. (轱辘)	轱	辘
alternative forms	轂轆／毂辘軲轤／轱轳

Etymology

A relationship with Tibetan འཁོར་ལོ ('khor lo, “wheel”) and Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”) was proposed in Bauer (1994). Possible doublet of 轂 (OC *kloːɡ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gūlu, gúlu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ, ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гўлў (gwlw, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ luk¹ / gu¹ luk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūlu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gulů
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-lu⁵
  - Yale: gū-lu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu.lu
  - Palladius: гулу (gulu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ lu²/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gúlu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gúlů
  - Wade–Giles: ku²-lu⁵
  - Yale: gú-lu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu.lu
  - Palladius: гулу (gulu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵ lu³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гўлў (gwlw, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²⁴ lu⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ luk¹ / gu¹ luk⁶
  - Yale: gū lūk / gū luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ luk⁷ / gu¹ luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ lug¹ / gu¹ lug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lʊk̚⁵/, /kuː⁵⁵ lʊk̚²/

Noun

軲轆

(Mandarin, colloquial) wheel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 輪子 (“wheel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		輪, 轔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輪子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	軲轆, 輪子
	Taiwan	輪子
	Singapore	輪子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	軲輪兒, 軲輪子, 軲轆 suburbs
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	輪子
	Xi'an	軲轆, 輪子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	軲轆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	軲轆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	輪子, 滾滾
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	滾砣, 滾子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	輪盤
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	軲轆子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轆
	Hong Kong	轆
	Yangjiang	輪, 輪仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	輪
Gan	Nanchang	砣, 輪子
Gan	Lichuan	輪子
Hakka	Meixian	輪仔
Hakka	Yudu	輪子
Jin	Taiyuan	軲轆子, 軲攏子, 輪子
Jin	Xinzhou	輪子, 軲溜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	輪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	輪輪
Southern Min	Xiamen	輦, 輪, 輪仔
	Quanzhou	輦
	Zhangzhou	輦
	Tainan	輦仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	輦
	Manila (Hokkien)	輪
	Chaozhou	輪
	Puning	輦
	Singapore (Teochew)	輦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	車輪
Wu	Shanghai	輪盤
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	輪盤
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	輪盤
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	輪盤, 輪子
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	輪盤
	Suzhou	輪盤
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	輪盤
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	輪盤
	Changshu	輪盤
	Kunshan	輪盤
	Jiaxing	輪盤
	Changzhou	輪盤
	Liyang	輪盤
	Changzhou (Jintan)	輪盤
	Yixing	輪盤
	Danyang	輪盤, 輪子
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	輪盤
	Jingjiang	輪子, 輪盤, 盤子
	Jiangyin	輪盤
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	輪盤
	Hangzhou	輪盤, 輪子
	Shaoxing	輪盤
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	輪盤
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	輪盤
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	輪盤
	Ningbo	輪盤, 擂盤 dated
	Yuyao	輪盤
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	輪盤
	Wenzhou	輪盤, 輪
	Quzhou	輪盤
	Jinhua	輪盤, 司機 euphemistic
	Yongkang	輪盤
Xiang	Changsha	輪盤, 滾盤, 車盤, 車輪子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	滾盤, 𱰥盤

Derived terms

Verb

軲轆

(Mandarin, colloquial) to roll