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

yòu zhuǎn to turn right
不开 zhōu zhuǎn bù kāi to have financial difficulties; unable to make ends meet
不灵 zhōu zhuǎn bù líng to have a cash flow problem
金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund; working capital; petty cash; turnover
回心意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì to change one's mind (idiom)
寿司 huí zhuǎn shòu sī conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
土耳其旋烤肉 tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu Turkish döner kebab
天摇地 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves; momentous changes are underway (idiom)
天旋地 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning; fig. huge changes in the world
wǎn zhuǎn sinuous; meandering; to take a circuitous route; to toss about; vicissitudes; variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]
实况播 shí kuàng zhuǎn bō live relay; broadcast of actual scene; to broadcast live
zhǎn zhuǎn variant of 輾轉|辗转[zhan3 zhuan3]
腾挪 zhǎn zhuǎn téng nuó see 閃轉騰挪|闪转腾挪[shan3 zhuan3 teng2 nuo2]
山不 shān bù zhuàn shuǐ zhuàn it's a small world; only mountains never meet
山不 shān bù zhuàn lù zhuàn see 山不轉水轉|山不转水转[shan1 bu4 zhuan4 shui3 zhuan4]
zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left
巨量移 jù liàng zhuǎn yí mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing)
fù zhuǎn to demobilize; to transfer to other tasks (of troops)
kuài zhuǎn fast-forward
jí zhuǎn to whirl; to turn around quickly
pī zhuǎn to approve and forward; to endorse; stamp "approved for distribution"
chéng zhuǎn to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
zhé zhuǎn reflex (angle); to turn back
bō zhuǎn to turn; to turn around; to transfer (funds etc)
数模换器 shù mó zhuǎn huàn qì digital-to-analog converter (DAC)