独轮车

獨輪車

dúlúnchē

noun #53,361

Measure Word

一辆独轮车 liàng

Meanings

1 wheelbarrow
2 unicycle

Characters

Examples

工人用独轮车运水泥。

Gōngrén yòng dúlúnchē yùn shuǐní.

The workers use a wheelbarrow to transport cement.

他在马戏团里骑独轮车。

Tā zài mǎxìtuán lǐ qí dúlúnchē.

He rides a unicycle in the circus.

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history

The wheelbarrow was invented in China around the 1st century CE and called 木牛 (wooden ox). Zhuge Liang famously used large 独轮车 to supply his armies across mountainous terrain in the Three Kingdoms period.

Stroke Order

独 dú

轮 lún

车 chē