zhuǎn zhuàn

to turn; to change direction; to transfer

Character data

Radical ⾞ (159.11)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

轉 zhuǎn
  1. 1. to turn
  2. 2. to change direction
  3. 3. to transfer
  4. 4. to forward (mail)
轉 zhuàn
  1. 1. to turn
  2. 2. to revolve
  3. 3. to circle about
  4. 4. to walk about
  5. 5. classifier for repeated actions
  6. 6. classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
轉 zhuǎi
  1. 1. see zhuǎi wén

Words containing 轉

Word Meaning
distribution depot; staging post; transit center
to make a detour; to go by way of
to convey; to pass on; to communicate
to pass on; to relay
bicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism)
erhua variant of zhuàn líng
transcription; to make a copy of a recording
past midnight
revolving door; turnstile
to transfer (from one unit to another)
to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital
suddenly turn against someone; become ruthless
change of rhyme (within a poem)
to turn one's head; to change direction; to repent
nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
to turn over (one's body); to roll over
rotary drum
to rotate; to turn round; to revolve
to reverse; to turn back
reverse transcription virus; retrovirus
reverse transcriptase
to work non-stop; to work around the clock (idiom)
to operate; to work; to revolve
metastasis
to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)