水轮

水輪
shuǐlún
noun #34,916

Meanings

  1. 1 waterwheel
  2. 2 water turbine

Examples

Gǔdài de mòfáng kào shuǐlún dàidòng shí mò.
Old mills used a waterwheel to drive the millstone.
Zhè zuò shuǐdiànzhàn zhuāngyǒu sì tái shuǐlún fādiànjī.
This hydropower station is equipped with four water-turbine generators.

Tips

usage
水轮 covers both the old wooden waterwheel and the modern hydroelectric water turbine. The compound 水轮机 (shuǐlúnjī) is the technical name for an industrial water turbine.

Stroke Order

shuǐ
lún