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
transformation; to transform
genetic modification
genetically modified (GM) food
rotating turret
improvement; turnaround (for the better)
to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc)
rotor (electricity)
combination lock
to change schools; to transfer to another college
transfer student
to forward (a message, letter, article etc)
to transliterate; to transcribe
transduction
to slip (e.g. of clutch); slippage
slippage rate
to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about
to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
to quote from secondary source
to turn; to go around a corner
to change (to final stretch of journey)
to migrate; to move house
to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of
to wander around; to appear repeatedly; to roll
to turn grief into happiness (idiom)