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Meaning of 轉

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(Simplified: 转)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 4
Antonyms:
Total strokes: 18; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (cart) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ chē ] cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
    • [ zhuān ] concentrated, specialized; to monopolize
Similar Characters:
1
Pinyin: zhuàn
English Definition:to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
Chinese Definition:
①旋转;打转。[例]峰回路转。——《醉翁亭记》。[例]下者飘转。——唐·杜甫《茅屋为秋风所破歌》。[合]转丸(转动的弹丸。比喻升降沉浮不定);转灯(走马灯);机器转子团团转;砂轮转得快;地球绕着太阳转。
②绕过。[例]由千佛山脚下往东,转过山坡,竟向南去。——《老残游记》。
③迷路或迷失方向。[例]晕头转向。
④(口)∶转悠。[例]公园关了门,只好去转文殊院。——《大波》。
⑤旋转的一整圈。[例]每分钟3600转。

Example Words:
轉向HSK 4 zhuàn xiàng to get lost; to lose one's way
轉動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate
轉悠 zhuàn you to roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly
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2
Pinyin: zhuǎi
English Definition:see 转文
Example Words:
轉文 zhuǎi wén to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions; Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
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Pinyin: zhuǎn
English Definition:to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail)
Chinese Definition:
①旋动:转动。转瞬(转动眼睛,形容时间短促)。
②改换方向或情势:转身。转变。转弯。
③不直接的,中间再经过别人或别的地方:转送。转达。转发。转运。周转。
④迁移:转移。转业。
⑤量词,古代勋位每升一级称“一转”:“策勋十二转,赏赐百千强。”

Example Words:
轉變HSK 5 zhuǎn biàn to change; to transform; shift; transformation; Classifiers:
轉移HSK 6 zhuǎn to shift; to divert or distract (attention etc); to change; to transform; metastasis (medicine); to evacuate (people)
轉化 zhuǎn huà to change; to transform; isomerization (chemistry)
轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
轉換HSK 4 zhuǎn huàn to change; to switch; to convert; to transform
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Example Sentences
1
Please turn to the right.
2
The earth revolves around the sun.
3
Turn to the right to reach the destination.
4
The weather begins to cool in September.
5
We turned around and returned to the starting point.