轮 lún
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- Made of
- 车 cart, vehicle 仑 logical reasons, logical order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
轮流
lúnliú
to take turns
Characters in this word
流 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 小组成员轮流汇报研究进度。 Xiǎozǔ chéngyuán lúnliú huìbào yánjiū jìndù. Group members take turns reporting on the research progress.
- 我们三个人轮流做饭，今天正好轮到我。 Wǒmen sān ge rén lúnliú zuòfàn, jīntiān zhènghǎo lún dào wǒ. The three of us take turns cooking, and today it happens to be my turn.
- 夜里孩子生病，爸爸妈妈轮流照顾他。 Yèlǐ háizi shēngbìng, bàba māma lúnliú zhàogù tā. When the child was ill at night, Mom and Dad took turns looking after him.