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

星移 dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
旋乾坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
力 xuán zhuǎn lì turning force; torque
台 xuán zhuǎn tái rotating platform; luggage carousel
指标 xuán zhuǎn zhǐ biāo winding number
曲面 xuán zhuǎn qū miàn a surface of revolution (math.)
木马 xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ merry-go-round; carousel; Carousel, South Korean TV soap opera
极 xuán zhuǎn jí pole of rotation
烤肉 xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu döner kebab
球 xuán zhuǎn qiú spin ball
行李传送带 xuán zhuǎn xíng li chuán sòng dài luggage conveyor belt; carousel
角 xuán zhuǎn jiǎo angle of rotation
角速度 xuán zhuǎn jiǎo sù dù rotational angular velocity
轴 xuán zhuǎn zhóu axis of rotation
运动 xuán zhuǎn yùn dòng rotation; rotary motion
星移斗 xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2]
àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene); (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
变 hé zhuǎn biàn nuclear transformation; nuclear transmutation
模数换器 mó shù zhuǎn huàn qì analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
档案送 dàng àn zhuǎn sòng file transfer
档案送存取及管理 dàng àn zhuǎn sòng cún qǔ jí guǎn lǐ File Transfer, Access and Management; FTAM
法轮常 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
漏水浑天仪 lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yí water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
玩儿不 wán r bù zhuàn can't handle it; can't find any way (of doing sth); not up to the task
玩儿得 wán r dé zhuàn can handle it; up to the task