轮流 meaning in English

lúnliú

to alternate; to take turns

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 輪流18 strokes

Meaning of 轮流

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lúnliú
  1. to alternate; to take turns

轮流 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ和hé汤tāng姆mǔ轮lún流liú开kāi车chē。
Tom and I took turns driving the car.
让ràng我wǒ们men轮lún流liú写xiě吧ba。
Let's write in turns.
他tā们men会huì轮lún流liú教jiào课kè。
They'll be taking turns teaching the class.
让ràng我wǒ们men轮lún流liú划huá船chuán。
Let's take turns rowing the boat.
我wǒ们men轮lún流liú开kāi车chē。
We took turns driving.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

轮 lún · wheel · 8 strokes

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流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 轮流.

流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
轮椅lúnyǐwheelchair
轮子lúnziwheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current
轮船lúnchuánsteamship; steamer; steamboat
一流yīliútop quality; front ranking
流动liúdòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流通liútōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
流感liúgǎnflu; influenza

Questions about 轮流

What does 轮流 mean?

轮流 (lúnliú) means "to alternate; to take turns" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 轮流?

轮流 is made of 2 characters: 轮 (8 strokes), 流 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 轮流 an HSK word?

Yes. 轮流 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 轮流 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 轮流 is written 輪流.