HSK 6 · Transport

轮胎 lúntāi “tyre” in Chinese

Traditional 輪胎

What 轮胎 means

  1. tyre
  2. pneumatic tyre

How to say 轮胎

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale轮lún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale胎tāi1st tone, high and level

轮胎 in a sentence

  1. 轮胎漏气了。

    Lúntāi lòu qì le.

    The tyre has a leak.

    Sentence #336599 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你能检查一下这个轮胎的气压吗？

    Nǐ néng jiǎnchá yíxià zhè ge lúntāi de qìyā ma?

    Could you check the tyre pressure?

    Sentence #838516 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我有个轮胎瘪了。

    Wǒ yǒu ge lúntāi biě le.

    I’ve got a flat tyre.

    Sentence #9955915 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 轮胎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 轮 (lún) with each of its parts in a different colour
轮lúnwheel; disk; ring
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 仑logical reasons · lúnSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 仑 (lún) hints at the sound. Compare it with lún.

The character 胎 (tāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
胎tāifoetus
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 台platform · tāiSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 台 (tāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with tāi.

How to write 轮胎

轮 8 strokes · 胎 9 strokes

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轮胎 (lúntāi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 轮胎 (lúntāi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 轮胎

Words with 轮

轮流lúnliú · to alternate轮船lúnchuán · steamship轮廓lúnkuò · outline

Words with 胎

双胞胎shuāngbāotāi · twins

More words: Everyday Things

桨jiǎng · oar舰艇jiàntǐng · naval vessel立交桥lìjiāoqiáo · overpass轮船lúnchuán · steamship码头mǎtou · dock逆行nìxíng · to go the wrong way (against traffic)桥梁qiáoliáng · bridge启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)

FAQs

轮胎 (lúntāi) means “tyre” or “pneumatic tyre”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lúntāi: lún with a 2nd tone, then tāi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 轮胎 is written 輪胎. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luntai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 轮胎 from the suggestions. Typing luntai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
轮胎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.