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

星移斗 xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2]
時來運 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break; things change for the better
暈頭向 yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng confused and disoriented
àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene); (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
變 hé zhuǎn biàn nuclear transformation; nuclear transmutation
模數換器 mó shù zhuǎn huàn qì analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
檔案送 dàng àn zhuǎn sòng file transfer
檔案送存取及管理 dàng àn zhuǎn sòng cún qǔ jí guǎn lǐ File Transfer, Access and Management; FTAM
法輪常 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
liú zhuǎn to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital)
漏水渾天儀 lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yí water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
玩兒不 wán r bù zhuàn can't handle it; can't find any way (of doing sth); not up to the task
玩兒得 wán r dé zhuàn can handle it; up to the task
珠流璧 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time; water under the bridge
現金周 xiàn jīn zhōu zhuǎn cash flow
現金流 xiàn jīn liú zhuǎn cash flow
現金流表 xiàn jīn liú zhuǎn biǎo cash flow statement
由盛衰 yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāi from prosperity to decline; at its peak before the decline
目不睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
目不瞬 mù bù zhuǎn shùn gazing fixedly (idiom)
眼不睛 yǎn bù zhuàn jīng with fixed attention (idiom)
瞬間移 shùn jiān zhuǎn yí teleportation
矇頭向 mēng tóu zhuǎn xiàng to lose one's bearings; utterly confused
yí zhuǎn to shift; to transfer
簡繁換 jiǎn fán zhuǎn huàn conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters