How to say “take turns” in Chinese
take turns, alternate
“Take turns” in Chinese is 轮流, lún liú: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
轮流 is read lún liú: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 车 “cart”: a wheel. On the right, 仑 lún hints at the reading, as it also does in 论 lùn.
On the left, 氵 — “water”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “轮流”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 轮流. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们三个人轮流做饭wǒmensāngerénlúnliúzuòfànThe three of us take turns cooking.
- 我们轮流做饭吧wǒmenlúnliúzuòfànbaLet's take turns cooking.
- 我们轮流照顾奶奶wǒmenlúnliúzhàogùnǎinaiWe take turns looking after Grandma.
More words from the lesson “Now and then, now this, now that”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “take turns” in Chinese?
“Take turns” in Chinese is 轮流, pinyin lúnliú.
What does 轮流 mean?
轮流 (lúnliú) means “take turns, alternate”.
How do you write 轮流?
轮流 is 2 characters: 轮 (lún) — wheel; take turns; 流 (liú) — flow; stream. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 轮流?
轮流 is read lúnliú. Tones: lún — second tone, liú — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“take turns” in the lesson “Now and then, now this, now that”
This word is from the topic “Time and deadlines” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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