轮流 lúnliú to alternate
to alternate; to take turns
How to remember 轮流: 轮 wheel + 流 flow = to alternate.
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How it is used
- To take turns doing something in rotation - 我们轮流开车 (wǒmen lúnliú kāichē) we take turns driving.
- Adverbial: it modifies a verb (轮流做, 轮流值班). For a single "my turn" use 轮到我 (lún dào wǒ).
- Stresses a repeating cycle among several people, not a one-off swap.