Chinese Word of the Day

轮胎
lún tāi

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
轮
1. Simplified form of 輪
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
胎	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
(Alternative form 苔)
8. to escape
9. Alternative form of 鮐
10. pneumatic tire