zhuǎn zhuàn

shift, move, turn

HSK 4 #376

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

盘 zhuàn pán turntable; rotary (traffic)
换器 zhuǎn huàn qì converter; transducer
去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth
wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful
huí zhuǎn to rotate; to turn round; slalom; to revolve; rotation
发 zhuǎn fā to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on; to republish (an article from another publication)
眼 zhuǎn yǎn in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance
院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital; to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)
目不睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job; to turn around; to change direction; to make a U turn
体 zhuǎn tǐ to roll over; to turn over (one's body)
而 zhuǎn ér to turn to (sth else); to switch to
时来运 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break; things change for the better
轮 zhuàn lún rotating disk; wheel; rotor; cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
租 zhuǎn zū to sublet; to sublease
行 zhuǎn háng to change profession
眼 yī zhuǎn yǎn in a wink
zhōng zhuǎn to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence
乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around
嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc); to transfer (blame, guilt); to pass the buck
速 zhuàn sù angular velocity; number of revolutions per minute
liú zhuǎn to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital)
zì zhuàn rotation
念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of