zhóu

Traditional: 軸

轴 (zhóu) is a Chinese word meaning “axis; axle; spool (for thread)”.

Meanings

  1. 1axis
  2. 2axle
  3. 3spool (for thread)
  4. 4roller (for scrolls)
  5. 5classifier for calligraphy rolls etc

Related words

轴see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]卷轴scroll (book or painting)轴承(mechanical) bearing车轴axle轮轴wheel and axle (mechanism)线轴thread spool压轴戏next-to-last item on a program (theater)轴心axle轴线central axis (line)连轴转(coll.) to work non-stop; to work around the clock转轴axis of rotation轴心国Axis powers (World War II)

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