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
to go underground; to turn to secret activities
becoming acute; to exacerbate
to turn sth around; to swivel
to turn; to rotate (about an axis); to revolve
rotor
moment of inertia (mechanics)
axis of rotation (mechanics); spindle
to transform; to change; isomerization (chemistry)
inverted sugar
turn danger into safety; avert a crisis
to return; to go back
entrepot; transit (of goods); (coll.) to deny
to change the channel (TV)
swivel table; rotating stage
to change direction; fig. to change one's stance
to get lost; to lose one's way
turn signal (auto.); turning indicator
vehicle turn indicator light
steering wheel
to pass on; to communicate; to transmit
metonymy
to turn back; to put back; reversal
to rotate; rotation; to twirl
to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
to have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom)