輪仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (輪仔)		輪	仔
simp. (轮仔)		轮	仔

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lin-é / lien-é

(Meixian, Guangdong): lun² ê³

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin⁴ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵ e³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lin-é / lien-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin e^ˋ / lien e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin⁴ e³ / lian⁴ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵ e³¹/, /li̯en⁵⁵ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lun² ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ ne³¹/

Noun

輪仔

(Hakka) wheel
- 佢等个箭當利；佢等个弓拉𢫮。佢等个馬蹄比石頭還較硬；佢等戰車个輪仔像捲風轉恁轂。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  佢等个箭当利；佢等个弓拉𢫮。佢等个马蹄比石头还较硬；佢等战车个轮仔像卷风转恁毂。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 以賽亞書 (Isaiah) 5:28
  Kì-têu ke chien tong-li; kì-têu ke kiûng lâi-hèn. Kì-têu ke mâ-thài pí sa̍k-thèu hàn-kha ngang; kì-têu chan-chhâ ke lin-é chhiong kién-fûng chón án-kuk. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind

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
Puxian Min	Putian	輦
Puxian Min	Xianyou	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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 輪仔 – see 輦仔 (“wheel”). (This term is a variant form of 輦仔).

References

“輪仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.