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

入地下 zhuǎn rù dì xià to go underground; to turn to secret activities
劇 zhuǎn jù becoming acute; to exacerbate
動 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around; to swivel
動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate
動件 zhuàn dòng jiàn rotor
動慣量 zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng moment of inertia (mechanics)
動軸 zhuàn dòng zhóu axis of rotation (mechanics); spindle
化 zhuǎn huà to change; to transform; isomerization (chemistry)
化糖 zhuǎn huà táng inverted sugar
危為安 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
去 zhuàn qù to return; to go back
口 zhuǎn kǒu entrepot; transit (of goods); (coll.) to deny; to go back on one's word
台 zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV)
台 zhuàn tái rotating stage; swivel table
向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction; fig. to change one's stance
向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost; to lose one's way
向信號 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.); turning indicator
向燈 zhuǎn xiàng dēng vehicle turn indicator light
向盤 zhuǎn xiàng pán steering wheel
告 zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit
喻 zhuǎn yù metonymy
回 zhuǎn huí to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music)
圈 zhuàn quān to rotate; to twirl; to run around; to encircle; rotation; (coll.) to speak indirectly; to beat about the bush
圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
圜餘地 zhuǎn huán yú dì to have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom)