| 軸 | [ zhoú ] axis, axle, spool (for thread), roller (for scrolls), classifier for calligraphy rolls etc |
| 軸 | [ zhoù ] see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4], Taiwan pr. [zhou2] |
| 軸向 | [ zhoú xiàng ] axis, axial |
| 軸心 | [ zhoú xīn ] axle, (fig.) central element, key element, axis (alliance of nations) |
| 軸心國 | [ zhoú xīn guó ] Axis powers (World War II) |
| 軸承 | [ zhoú chéng ] (mechanical) bearing |
| 軸承銷 | [ zhoú chéng ] pin bearing |
| 軸旋轉 | [ zhoú xuán zhuǎn ] to rotate about an axis, axis of rotation (math.) |
| 軸率 | [ zhoú lǜ ] axial ratio |
| 軸突 | [ zhoú tū ] axon |
| 軸突運輸 | [ zhoú tū yùn shū ] axonal transport |
| 軸索 | [ zhoú suǒ ] axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) |
| 軸絲 | [ zhoú sī ] axoneme (long thread of nerve cell) |
| 軸線 | [ zhoú xiàn ] central axis (line) |
| 軸距 | [ zhoú jù ] wheelbase |
| ⇒ 中軸 | [ zhōng zhoú ] axis, (bicycle) bottom bracket |
| ⇒ 中軸線 | [ zhōng zhoú xiàn ] central axis (line) |
| ⇒ 主軸 | [ zhǔ zhoú ] axis, principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc), main axle (of engine) |
| ⇒ 主軸承 | [ zhǔ zhoú chéng ] main bearing |
| ⇒ 傳動軸 | [ chuán dòng zhoú ] drive shaft |
| ⇒ 凸輪軸 | [ tū lún zhoú ] camshaft |
| ⇒ 半軸 | [ bàn zhoú ] semiaxis, half axle |
| ⇒ 半長軸 | [ bàn cháng zhoú ] semiaxis, radius |
| ⇒ 卷軸 | [ juàn zhoú ] scroll (book or painting) |
| ⇒ 同軸 | [ tóng zhoú ] coaxial, concentric |
| ⇒ 同軸圓弧 | [ tóng zhoú yuán hú ] coaxial circular arc, concentric arc (in spherical geometry) |
| ⇒ 同軸電纜 | [ tóng zhoú diàn lǎn ] coaxial cable |
| ⇒ 圖軸 | [ tú zhoú ] scroll painting |
| ⇒ 地軸 | [ dì zhoú ] the earth's axis |
| ⇒ 垂直軸 | [ chuí zhí zhoú ] vertical shaft, (math.) vertical axis |
| ⇒ 壓軸好戲 | [ yā zhoù haǒ xì ] see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4] |
| ⇒ 壓軸戲 | [ yā zhoù xì ] next-to-last item on a program (theater), climax |
| ⇒ 大軸戲 | [ dà zhoù xì ] last item on a program (theater) |
| ⇒ 對稱軸 | [ duì chèn zhoú ] axis of symmetry, central axis (in Chinese architecture) |
| ⇒ 座標軸 | [ zuò zhoú ] coordinate axis |
| ⇒ 後車軸 | [ hoù chē zhoú ] back axle (of car) |
| ⇒ 心軸 | [ xīn zhoú ] central axis, spindle |
| ⇒ 掛軸 | [ guà zhoú ] hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) |
| ⇒ 數軸 | [ shù zhoú ] number line |
| ⇒ 斜軸 | [ xié zhoú ] oblique axes (math.) |
| ⇒ 旋轉軸 | [ xuán zhuǎn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| ⇒ 時間軸 | [ shí jiān zhoú ] time axis, timeline |
| ⇒ 曲軸 | [ qū zhoú ] crankshaft |
| ⇒ 極軸 | [ jí zhoú ] polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates) |
| ⇒ 樞軸 | [ shū zhoú ] pivot, fulcrum |
| ⇒ 機軸 | [ jī zhoú ] arbor, shaft (in a machine) |
| ⇒ 正半軸 | [ zhèng bàn zhoú ] positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) |
| ⇒ 水平軸 | [ shuǐ píng zhoú ] horizontal shaft, horizontal axis (math.) |
| ⇒ 渦輪軸發動機 | [ wō lún zhoú fā dòng jī ] turboshaft |
| ⇒ 滾子軸承 | [ gǔn zi zhoú chéng ] roller bearing |
| ⇒ 滾珠軸承 | [ gǔn zhū zhoú chéng ] ball bearing |
| ⇒ 畫軸 | [ huà zhoú ] character scroll, scroll painting |
| ⇒ 當軸 | [ dāng zhoú ] person in power, important official |
| ⇒ 立軸 | [ lì zhoú ] vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy), vertical shaft (of a machine) |
| ⇒ 等軸晶系 | [ děng zhoú jīng xì ] cubical system (crystallography), crystal system based on cubic lattice, equiaxial crystal system |
| ⇒ 線軸 | [ xiàn zhoú ] thread spool |
| ⇒ 聯軸器 | [ lián zhoù qì ] (mechanics) coupler, coupling |
| ⇒ 聯軸節 | [ lián zhoù jié ] (mechanics) coupling |
| ⇒ 自轉軸 | [ zì zhuàn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| ⇒ 車軸 | [ chē zhoú ] axle, CL:根[gen1] |
| ⇒ 車軸草 | [ chē zhoú caǒ ] honewort, Cryptotaenia japonica |
| ⇒ 輪軸 | [ lún zhoú ] wheel and axle (mechanism), axle |
| ⇒ 轉動軸 | [ zhuàn dòng zhoú ] axis of rotation (mechanics), spindle |
| ⇒ 轉軸 | [ zhuàn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| ⇒ 轉軸兒 | [ zhuàn zhoú ] erhua variant of 轉軸|转轴[zhuan4 zhou2] |
| ⇒ 連軸轉 | [ lián zhoú zhuàn ] lit. to continuously revolve, to work non-stop, to work around the clock (idiom) |
| ⇒ 邪惡軸心 | [ xié è zhoú xīn ] the Axis of Evil |