Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yuán
English
- axle
- shaft of a cart or carriage
- magistrate's office
- (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
- surname
Variants
Words containing 轅
- 車轅ce1 jyun4
shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the harness to the vehicle body
- 駕轅gaa3 jyun4
to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
- 軒轅hin1 jyun4
Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
- 軒轅氏hin1 jyun4 si6
alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
- 南轅北轍naam4 jyun4 bak1 cit3
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
- 軒轅十四hin1 jyun4 sap6 sei3
Regulus (constellation)