zhuǎn zhuàn

shift, move, turn

DEFINITIONS

轉 zhuǎn
  • to turn
  • to change direction
  • to transfer
  • to forward (mail)
轉 zhuàn
  • to revolve
  • to turn
  • to circle about
  • to walk about
  • classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
  • classifier for repeated actions
轉 zhuǎi
  • see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]

WORDS

金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund; working capital; petty cash; turnover
回心意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì to change one's mind (idiom)
huí zhuǎn to rotate; to turn round; slalom; to revolve; rotation
壽司 huí zhuǎn shòu sī conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
團團 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy
土耳其旋烤肉 tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu Turkish döner kebab
天搖地 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves; momentous changes are underway (idiom)
天旋地 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning; fig. huge changes in the world
hǎo zhuǎn to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful
wǎn zhuǎn sinuous; meandering; to take a circuitous route; to toss about; vicissitudes; variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]
實況播 shí kuàng zhuǎn bō live relay; broadcast of actual scene; to broadcast live
zhǎn zhuǎn variant of 輾轉|辗转[zhan3 zhuan3]
騰挪 zhǎn zhuǎn téng nuó see 閃轉騰挪|闪转腾挪[shan3 zhuan3 teng2 nuo2]
山不 shān bù zhuàn shuǐ zhuàn it's a small world; only mountains never meet
山不 shān bù zhuàn lù zhuàn see 山不轉水轉|山不转水转[shan1 bu4 zhuan4 shui3 zhuan4]
峰回路 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and turning; fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly; things have taken a new turn
zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left
巨量移 jù liàng zhuǎn yí mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing)
fù zhuǎn to demobilize; to transfer to other tasks (of troops)
kuài zhuǎn fast-forward
jí zhuǎn to whirl; to turn around quickly
彎 jí zhuǎn wān to make a sudden turn
直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
dǎ zhuàn to spin; to rotate; to revolve