zhuǎn zhuàn

shift, move, turn

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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

轴 zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation
业 zhuǎn yè to change one's profession; to transfer to civilian work
用 zhuǎn yòng to adapt for use for another purpose
赠 zhuǎn zèng to pass on a present
道 zhuǎn dào to make a detour; to go by way of
捩点 zhuǎn liè diǎn turning point
二人 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
见风舵 jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
义 zhuǎn yì transferred meaning
脸 zhuǎn liǎn to turn one's head; in no time; in the twinkling of an eye
译 zhuǎn yì to translate (to another language); to convert
游 zhuàn you variant of 轉悠|转悠[zhuan4 you5]
U形弯 u xíng zhuǎn wān U-turn
柜台 zhōng zhuǎn guì tái transfer desk; correspondence desk
角 piān zhuǎn jiǎo angle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course); angle of divergence
复 zài zhuǎn fù to transfer again
刚体动 gāng tǐ zhuǎn dòng rigid rotation
十字门 shí zì zhuàn mén turnstile
fǎn zhuǎn reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
录 fǎn zhuǎn lù (molecular biology) reverse transcription
录病毒 fǎn zhuǎn lù bìng dú retrovirus
债 kě zhuǎn zhài convertible debt; convertible bond
换同位素 kě zhuǎn huàn tóng wèi sù fertile isotope
让 kě zhuǎn ràng transferable; negotiable
让证券 kě zhuǎn ràng zhèng quàn negotiable securities