juǎn juàn

scroll; curl; make a comeback

HSK 5 #1016

DEFINITIONS

卷 juǎn
  • to roll up
  • roll
  • classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
  • to roll (up)
  • to sweep up
  • to carry on
卷 juàn
  • scroll
  • book
  • volume
  • chapter
  • examination paper
  • classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

STROKES

WORDS

jiāo juàn to hand in one's examination script
huā juǎn Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
尾猴 juǎn wěi hóu white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
笔刀 juǎn bǐ dāo pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
bái juàn blank exam paper
手不释 shǒu bù shì juàn lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
须 juǎn xū tendril
水龙 shuǐ lóng juǎn waterspout (meteorology)
kāi juàn to open a book; open-book (exam)
yuè juàn to grade exam papers
机 bìng juǎn jī ribbon lap machine
千经万 qiān jīng wàn juǎn lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon
千經萬 qiān jīng wàn juǎn lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon
刃 juǎn rèn curved blade
土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback
地皮 juǎn dì pí to plunder the land and extort from the peasant; corrupt practice
层云 juǎn céng yún cirrostratus (cloud); also written 捲層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]; also written 卷層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]
層雲 juǎn céng yún cirrostratus (cloud); also written 捲層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]; also written 卷層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]
巴 juǎn bā to bundle up
帙 juàn zhì book
帙浩繁 juàn zhì hào fán a huge amount (of books and papers)
煙 juǎn yān cigarette; cigar
筆刀 juǎn bǐ dāo pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
帘门 juǎn lián mén roll-up door
簾門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door