| 轴 | [ zhoú ] axis, axle, spool (for thread), roller (for scrolls), classifier for calligraphy rolls etc |
| 轴 | [ zhoù ] see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4], Taiwan pr. [zhou2] |
| 轴向 | [ zhoú xiàng ] axis, axial |
| 轴心 | [ zhoú xīn ] axle, (fig.) central element, key element, axis (alliance of nations) |
| 轴心国 | [ zhoú xīn guó ] Axis powers (World War II) |
| 轴承 | [ zhoú chéng ] (mechanical) bearing |
| 轴承销 | [ zhoú chéng ] pin bearing |
| 轴旋转 | [ zhoú xuán zhuǎn ] to rotate about an axis, axis of rotation (math.) |
| 轴率 | [ zhoú lǜ ] axial ratio |
| 轴突 | [ zhoú tū ] axon |
| 轴突运输 | [ zhoú tū yùn shū ] axonal transport |
| 轴索 | [ zhoú suǒ ] axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) |
| 轴丝 | [ zhoú sī ] axoneme (long thread of nerve cell) |
| 轴线 | [ zhoú xiàn ] central axis (line) |
| 轴距 | [ zhoú jù ] wheelbase |
| ⇒ 中轴 | [ zhōng zhoú ] axis, (bicycle) bottom bracket |
| ⇒ 中轴线 | [ zhōng zhoú xiàn ] central axis (line) |
| ⇒ 主轴 | [ zhǔ zhoú ] axis, principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc), main axle (of engine) |
| ⇒ 主轴承 | [ zhǔ zhoú chéng ] main bearing |
| ⇒ 传动轴 | [ chuán dòng zhoú ] drive shaft |
| ⇒ 凸轮轴 | [ tū lún zhoú ] camshaft |
| ⇒ 半轴 | [ bàn zhoú ] semiaxis, half axle |
| ⇒ 半长轴 | [ bàn cháng zhoú ] semiaxis, radius |
| ⇒ 卷轴 | [ juàn zhoú ] scroll (book or painting) |
| ⇒ 同轴 | [ tóng zhoú ] coaxial, concentric |
| ⇒ 同轴圆弧 | [ tóng zhoú yuán hú ] coaxial circular arc, concentric arc (in spherical geometry) |
| ⇒ 同轴电缆 | [ tóng zhoú diàn lǎn ] coaxial cable |
| ⇒ 图轴 | [ tú zhoú ] scroll painting |
| ⇒ 地轴 | [ dì zhoú ] the earth's axis |
| ⇒ 垂直轴 | [ chuí zhí zhoú ] vertical shaft, (math.) vertical axis |
| ⇒ 压轴好戏 | [ yā zhoù haǒ xì ] see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4] |
| ⇒ 压轴戏 | [ yā zhoù xì ] next-to-last item on a program (theater), climax |
| ⇒ 大轴戏 | [ dà zhoù xì ] last item on a program (theater) |
| ⇒ 对称轴 | [ duì chèn zhoú ] axis of symmetry, central axis (in Chinese architecture) |
| ⇒ 座标轴 | [ zuò zhoú ] coordinate axis |
| ⇒ 后车轴 | [ hoù chē zhoú ] back axle (of car) |
| ⇒ 心轴 | [ xīn zhoú ] central axis, spindle |
| ⇒ 挂轴 | [ guà zhoú ] hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) |
| ⇒ 数轴 | [ shù zhoú ] number line |
| ⇒ 斜轴 | [ xié zhoú ] oblique axes (math.) |
| ⇒ 旋转轴 | [ xuán zhuǎn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| ⇒ 时间轴 | [ shí jiān zhoú ] time axis, timeline |
| ⇒ 曲轴 | [ qū zhoú ] crankshaft |
| ⇒ 极轴 | [ jí zhoú ] polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates) |
| ⇒ 枢轴 | [ shū zhoú ] pivot, fulcrum |
| ⇒ 机轴 | [ jī zhoú ] arbor, shaft (in a machine) |
| ⇒ 正半轴 | [ zhèng bàn zhoú ] positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) |
| ⇒ 水平轴 | [ shuǐ píng zhoú ] horizontal shaft, horizontal axis (math.) |
| ⇒ 涡轮轴发动机 | [ wō lún zhoú fā dòng jī ] turboshaft |
| ⇒ 滚子轴承 | [ gǔn zi zhoú chéng ] roller bearing |
| ⇒ 滚珠轴承 | [ gǔn zhū zhoú chéng ] ball bearing |
| ⇒ 画轴 | [ huà zhoú ] character scroll, scroll painting |
| ⇒ 当轴 | [ dāng zhoú ] person in power, important official |
| ⇒ 立轴 | [ lì zhoú ] vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy), vertical shaft (of a machine) |
| ⇒ 等轴晶系 | [ děng zhoú jīng xì ] cubical system (crystallography), crystal system based on cubic lattice, equiaxial crystal system |
| ⇒ 线轴 | [ xiàn zhoú ] thread spool |
| ⇒ 联轴器 | [ lián zhoù qì ] (mechanics) coupler, coupling |
| ⇒ 联轴节 | [ lián zhoù jié ] (mechanics) coupling |
| ⇒ 自转轴 | [ zì zhuàn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| ⇒ 车轴 | [ chē zhoú ] axle, CL:根[gen1] |
| ⇒ 车轴草 | [ chē zhoú caǒ ] honewort, Cryptotaenia japonica |
| ⇒ 轮轴 | [ lún zhoú ] wheel and axle (mechanism), axle |
| ⇒ 转动轴 | [ zhuàn dòng zhoú ] axis of rotation (mechanics), spindle |
| ⇒ 转轴 | [ zhuàn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| ⇒ 转轴儿 | [ zhuàn zhoú ] erhua variant of 轉軸|转轴[zhuan4 zhou2] |
| ⇒ 连轴转 | [ lián zhoú zhuàn ] lit. to continuously revolve, to work non-stop, to work around the clock (idiom) |
| ⇒ 邪恶轴心 | [ xié è zhoú xīn ] the Axis of Evil |