輪流

See also: 轮流

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (輪流)		輪	流
simp. (轮流)		轮	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ lau^4-2 / leon⁴ lau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lùn-liù

  (Hailu, HRS): lun liu

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lûn-liû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lung⁵ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnlióu
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-liu²
    • Yale: lwún-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenliou
    • Palladius: луньлю (lunʹlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ lau^4-2 / leon⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn láu / lèuhn làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ lau^4-2 / loen⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ leo^4-2 / lên⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /lɵn²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùn-liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: lun^ˇ liu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lun² liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ li̯u¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lun liu
    • Sinological IPA: /lun⁵⁵ liu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-liû
    • Tâi-lô: lûn-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lunliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ liu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lung⁵ liu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng liû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ liu⁵⁵/

Verb

輪流

1. to alternate; to take turns

   輪流獻花／轮流献花  ―  lúnliú xiànhuā  ―  to take turns leaving flowers

   • 2022, “某種老朋友 [Stranger]”, 林夕 [Albert Leung] (lyrics), 澤日生 [Christopher Chak] (music)‎performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:

     如葉有枯榮輪流　命像悼念長壽 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     如叶有枯荣轮流　命像悼念长寿 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jyu⁴ jip⁶ jau⁵ fu¹ wing⁴ leon⁴ lau^4-2, meng⁶ zoeng⁶ dou⁶ nim⁶ coeng⁴ sau⁶ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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• 交叉 (jiāochā)
• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 交替 (jiāotì)
• 穿插 (chuānchā)
• 織 / 织 (zhī)
• 輪番 / 轮番 (lúnfān)

Derived terms

• 風水輪流轉 / 风水轮流转 (fēngshuǐ lúnliú zhuàn)