Usage of the character 轴

see 壓軸戲／压轴戏 (yāzhòuxì)
Taiwan pr. (zhóu)

zhóu

轴

[軸]

axis
axle
spool (for thread)
roller (for scrolls)
classifier for calligraphy rolls etc

zhóuxiàng

轴向

[軸向]

axis
axial

tóngzhóu

同轴

[同軸]

coaxial

dāngzhóu

当轴

[當軸]

person in power
important official

huàzhóu

画轴

[畫軸]

character scroll
scroll painting

juànzhóu

卷轴

[卷軸]

scroll (book or painting)

zhōngzhóu

中轴

[中軸]

axis
(bicycle) bottom bracket

zhǔzhóu

主轴

[主軸]

axis
principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc)
main axle (of engine)

zhóuxiàn

轴线

[軸線]

central axis (line)

zhóujù

轴距

[軸距]

wheelbase

dìzhóu

地轴

[地軸]

the earth's axis

jīzhóu

机轴

[機軸]

arbor
shaft (in a machine)

zhóuxīn

轴心

[軸心]

axle
(fig.) central element
key element
axis (alliance of nations)

xiànzhóu

线轴

[線軸]

thread spool

chēzhóu

车轴

[車軸]

axle
CL:根 (gēn)

qūzhóu

曲轴

[曲軸]

crankshaft

zhóutū

轴突

[軸突]

axon

zhóusuǒ

轴索

[軸索]

axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)

guàzhóu

挂轴

[掛軸]

hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)

zhóulü

轴率

[軸率]

axial ratio

bànzhóu

半轴

[半軸]

semiaxis
half axle

túzhóu

图轴

[圖軸]

scroll painting

lúnzhóu

轮轴

[輪軸]

wheel and axle (mechanism)
axle

shùzhóu

数轴

[數軸]

number line

lìzhóu

立轴

[立軸]

vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy)
vertical shaft (of a machine)

jízhóu

极轴

[極軸]

polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates)

xīnzhóu

心轴

[心軸]

central axis
spindle

shūzhóu

枢轴

[樞軸]

pivot; fulcrum

xiézhóu

斜轴

[斜軸]

oblique axes (math.)

zhuànzhóu

转轴

[轉軸]

axis of rotation

zhóuchéng

轴承

[軸承]

(mechanical) bearing

zhóusī

轴丝

[軸絲]

axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)

liánzhòuqì

联轴器

[聯軸器]

(mechanics) coupler; coupling

Zhóuxīnguó

轴心国

[軸心國]

Axis powers (World War II)

shuǐpíngzhóu

水平轴

[水平軸]

horizontal shaft
horizontal axis (math.)

zhōngzhóuxiàn

中轴线

[中軸線]

central axis (line)

xuánzhuǎnzhóu

旋转轴

[旋轉軸]

axis of rotation

bànchángzhóu

半长轴

[半長軸]

semiaxis
radius

zhǔzhóuchéng

主轴承

[主軸承]

main bearing

chuízhízhóu

垂直轴

[垂直軸]

vertical shaft
(math.) vertical axis

tūlúnzhóu

凸轮轴

[凸輪軸]

camshaft

zhèngbànzhóu

正半轴

[正半軸]

positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)

zuòbiāozhóu

座标轴

[座標軸]

coordinate axis

duìchènzhóu

对称轴

[對稱軸]

axis of symmetry
central axis (in Chinese architecture)

yāzhòuxì

压轴戏

[壓軸戲]

next-to-last item on a program (theater)
climax

zhóuxuánzhuǎn

轴旋转

[軸旋轉]

to rotate about an axis
axis of rotation (math.)

dàzhòuxì

大轴戏

[大軸戲]

last item on a program (theater)

chēzhóucǎo

车轴草

[車軸草]

honewort
Cryptotaenia japonica

zhóuchéngxiāo

轴承销

[軸承銷]

pin bearing

liánzhóuzhuàn

连轴转

[連軸轉]

(idiom) to work non-stop; to work around the clock

shíjiānzhóu

时间轴

[時間軸]

time axis
timeline

zhuàndòngzhóu

转动轴

[轉動軸]

axis of rotation (mechanics)
spindle

liánzhòujié

联轴节

[聯軸節]

(mechanics) coupling

chuándòngzhóu

传动轴

[傳動軸]

drive shaft

zhuànzhóur

转轴儿

[轉軸兒]

erhua variant of 轉軸／转轴 (zhuànzhóu)

zìzhuànzhóu

自转轴

[自轉軸]

axis of rotation

hòuchēzhóu

后车轴

[後車軸]

back axle (of car)

gǔnzizhóuchéng

滚子轴承

[滾子軸承]

roller bearing

tóngzhóudiànlǎn

同轴电缆

[同軸電纜]

coaxial cable

yāzhòuhǎoxì

压轴好戏

[壓軸好戲]

see 壓軸戲／压轴戏 (yāzhòuxì)

xié'èzhóuxīn

邪恶轴心

[邪惡軸心]

the Axis of Evil

gǔnzhūzhóuchéng

滚珠轴承

[滾珠軸承]

ball bearing

děngzhóujīngxì

等轴晶系

[等軸晶系]

cubical system (crystallography)
crystal system based on cubic lattice
equiaxial crystal system

zhóutūyùnshū

轴突运输

[軸突運輸]

axonal transport

wōlúnzhóufādòngjī

涡轮轴发动机

[渦輪軸發動機]

turboshaft