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

侧 zhuǎn cè to change one's viewpoint; to turn from side to side (in bed)
入地下 zhuǎn rù dì xià to go underground; to turn to secret activities
剧 zhuǎn jù becoming acute; to exacerbate
动件 zhuàn dòng jiàn rotor
动惯量 zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng moment of inertia (mechanics)
动轴 zhuàn dòng zhóu axis of rotation (mechanics); spindle
化糖 zhuǎn huà táng inverted sugar
去 zhuàn qù to return; to go back
口 zhuǎn kǒu entrepot; transit (of goods); (coll.) to deny; to go back on one's word
向信号 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.); turning indicator
向盘 zhuǎn xiàng pán steering wheel
喻 zhuǎn yù metonymy
回 zhuǎn huí to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music)
圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
圜余地 zhuǎn huán yú dì to have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom)
基因食品 zhuǎn jī yīn shí pǐn genetically modified (GM) food
塔 zhuàn tǎ rotating turret
好 zhuǎn hǎo improvement; turnaround (for the better)
字锁 zhuàn zì suǒ combination lock
学生 zhuǎn xué sheng transfer student
寄 zhuǎn jì to forward (a message, letter, article etc)
写 zhuǎn xiě to transliterate; to transcribe; to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
导 zhuǎn dǎo transduction
差 zhuǎn chā to slip (e.g. of clutch); slippage; also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
差率 zhuǎn chā lǜ slippage rate