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SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
zhuǎn- to turn
- to change direction
- to transfer
- to forward (mail)
zhuàn- to revolve
- to turn
- to circle about
- to walk about
- classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
- classifier for repeated actions
zhōngzhuǎn- to change (train or plane)
- transfer
- correspondence
dàozhuǎn- to make an about-turn
- to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc
- to turn things on their head
piānzhuǎn- deflection (physics)
- deviation (away from a straight line)
gōngzhuàn- orbital revolution
fǎnzhuǎn- reversal
- inversion
- to reverse
- to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
yòuzhuǎn- to turn right
zhōuzhuǎn- turnover (in cash or personnel)
- to have enough resources to cover a need
huízhuǎn- to rotate
- to turn round
- slalom
hǎozhuǎn- to improve
- to take a turn for the better
- improvement
wǎnzhuǎn- (voice, music) suave
- mellow
- (speech) indirect
- tactful
zhǎnzhuǎn- variant of 輾轉|[zhan3 zhuan3]
zuǒzhuǎn- to turn left
zhuǎn- to demobilize
- to transfer to other tasks (of troops)
zhuǎn- to whirl
- to turn around quickly
zhuàn- to spin
- to rotate
- to revolve
niǔzhuǎn- to reverse
- to turn around (an undesirable situation)
zhuǎn- to approve and forward
- to endorse
- stamp "approved for distribution"
chéngzhuǎn- to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
zhézhuǎn- reflex (angle)
- to turn back
diàozhuǎn- to turn around
zhézhuǎn- reflex (angle)
- to turn back
zhuǎn- to turn
- to turn around
- to transfer (funds etc)
xuánzhuǎn- to rotate
- to revolve
- to spin
- to whirl
ànzhuǎn- blackout
liúzhuǎn- to be on the move
- to roam or wander
- to circulate (of goods or capital)
fānzhuǎn- to roll
- to turn over
- to invert
- to flip
bèizhuǎn- to turn away
- to turn one's back to
- (gymnastics etc) backspin
zhuàn- rotation
調diàozhuǎn- to turn around
- to change direction
- to make a U turn
lúnzhuàn- to rotate
zhǎnzhuǎn- to toss about in bed
- to pass through many hands or places
- also written 展轉|[zhan3 zhuan3]
zhuǎnshì- reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
zhuǎnchéng- to transfer
- to change trains, buses etc
zhuǎnjiāo- to pass on to sb
- to carry and give to sb else
zhuǎnwèi- transposition
- displacement
- inversion
- translocation
- to displace
- to transpose
zhuànwèi- index (rotating gauge)
- cam gradation
zhuǎn- to change one's viewpoint
- to turn from side to side (in bed)
zhuǎn- change over to
- shift to
- switch to
zhuǎn- becoming acute
- to exacerbate
zhuǎndòng- to turn sth around
- to swivel
zhuàndòng- to rotate (about an axis)
- to revolve
- to turn
- to move in a circle
- to gyrate
zhuǎnhuà- to change
- to transform
- isomerization (chemistry)
zhuàn- to return
- to go back
zhuǎnkǒu- entrepot
- transit (of goods)
- (coll.) to deny
- to go back on one's word
zhuǎntái- to change the channel (TV)
zhuàntái- rotating stage
- swivel table
zhuǎnxiàng- to change direction
- fig. to change one's stance
zhuànxiàng- to get lost
- to lose one's way
zhuǎngào- to pass on
- to communicate
- to transmit
zhuǎn- metonymy
zhuǎnhuí- to turn back
- to put back
- reversal
- melodic inversion (in music)
zhuànquān- to rotate
- to twirl
- to run around
- to encircle
- rotation
- (coll.) to speak indirectly
- to beat about the bush
zhuǎnhuán- to save or redeem (a situation)
- to mediate
- to intercede
zhuǎnxíng- transformation
- to transform
zhuàn- rotating turret
zhuǎnhǎo- improvement
- turnaround (for the better)
zhuǎnjià- to remarry (of widow)
- to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc)
- to transfer (blame, guilt)
- to pass the buck
zhuànzi- rotor
zhuǎnxué- to change schools
- to transfer to another college
zhuǎn- to forward (a message, letter, article etc)
zhuǎnxiě- to transmit
- to pass on written message
zhuǎndǎo- transduction
zhuǎnchā- to slip (e.g. of clutch)
- slippage
- also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
zhuǎnfān- to tack (of sailing ship)
- to jibe
- to go about
zhuǎngàn- to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
zhuǎnyǐn- to quote from secondary source
zhuǎnwān- to turn
- to go around a corner
zhuǎnwǎng- to change (to final stretch of journey)
zhuǎn- to migrate
- to move house
zhuǎnniàn- to have second thoughts about sth
- to think better of
zhuànyou- to roll
- to wander around
- to appear repeatedly
zhuǎnzhàn- to fight in one place after another
zhuǎnshǒu- to pass on
- to resell
- to change hands
zhuǎntuō- to pass on a task
- to delegate one's work
- to pass the buck
zhuǎnzhé- shift in the trend of events
- plot shift in a book
- twists and turns
zhuǎn- to convert
- to exchange
zhuǎnliè- to turn
zhuǎnshòu- to delegate
zhuǎnjiē- switch
- connection
- to put through (to telephone extension)
zhuǎnhuàn- to change
- to switch
- to convert
- to transform
zhuǎn- relay
- broadcast (on radio or TV)
zhuǎnwén- to decorate one's speech or writing with literary allusions
zhuǎnhuì- to transfer to another club (professional sports)
zhuǎnxiào- to transfer (school)
zhuàn- swivel chair
- children's roundabout
zhuǎn- to change one's profession
- to transfer to civilian work
zhuǎn- (to take) a turn for the better
- to change planes
zhuǎnzhèng- to transfer to full membership
- to obtain tenure
zhuǎn- to turn around
zhuǎnzhù- transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- character with meanings influenced by other words
- sometimes called mutually explanatory character
zhuàn- converter (rotary furnace in steel making)
zhuǎnshēng- reincarnation (Buddhism)
zhuǎnchǎn- to change production
- to move over to new products
zhuǎnyòng- to adapt for use for another purpose
zhuǎn- to transmit
- forwarding (mail, SMS, packets of data)
- to pass on
- to reprint (an article from another publication)
zhuànpán- turntable
- rotary (traffic)
zhuǎnyǎn- in a flash
- in the blink of an eye
- to glance
zhuàn- torque
zhuàn- rotary grindstone
zhuǎn- to change major (at college)
- to take up a new specialist subject
- to transfer to a different medical department
zhuǎn- to sublet
- to sublease
zhuǎn- to shift
- to divert or distract (attention etc)
- to change
- to transform
- metastasis (medicine)
zhuànjīn- muscle cramp
zhuànniǔ- organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)
zhuǎngěi- to pass on to
zhuànzhì- to transpose
zhuǎn- transferred meaning
zhuǎnér- conversely
- but rather
- to turn and (address a topic, face attackers etc)
- to turn against sb
- to turn one's thoughts back to
- to come around (to a point of view)
zhuǎnbèi- to turn one's back
- to turn around
- fig. change in a very short time
zhuǎnliǎn- to turn one's head
- in no time
- in the twinkling of an eye
zhuǎnchuán- to transfer ships
zhuǎnháng- to change profession
zhuǎnjiǎo- bend in a street
- corner
- to turn a corner
zhuǎnzhěn- to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital)
調zhuǎndiào- (music) to change key
- modulation
- (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
zhuǎn- to translate (to another language)
- to convert
zhuǎnbiàn- to change
- to transform
- shift
- transformation
- CL:|[ge4]
zhuǎnràng- transfer (technology, goods etc)
- conveyancing (property)
zhuǎnmài- to resell
zhuǎnzhàng- to transfer (money to a bank account)
zhuǎnzèng- to pass on a present
zhuàn- torque
zhuǎnshēn- (of a person) to turn round
- to face about
- (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
zhuǎnchē- to transfer
- to change trains, buses etc
zhuànchē- a turntable
zhuǎnguǐ- to change track
zhuànzhóu- axis of rotation
zhuǎnzǎi- to forward (a shipment)
- to reprint sth published elsewhere
- Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
zhuànlún- rotating disk
- wheel
- rotor
- cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
zhuànzhuan- to stroll
zhuǎnshù- to pass on (stories)
- to relate
zhuǎnsòng- transfer
zhuàn- angular velocity
- number of revolutions per minute
zhuànyou- variant of 轉悠|[zhuan4 you5]
zhuǎnyùn- to forward goods
- to ship
- to distribute
- transshipment
- a lucky break
- change of fortune (for the better)
zhuǎndào- to make a detour
- to go by way of
zhuǎn- to pass on
- to convey
- to communicate
zhuǎn- to pass on
- to relay
zhuànlíng- bicycle bell (with revolving cap)
zhuǎn- transcription
- to make a copy of a recording
zhuànmén- revolving door
- turnstile
zhuǎnyuàn- to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital
- to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)
zhuǎnyùn- change of rhyme (within a poem)
zhuǎntóu- to turn one's head
- to change direction
- U-turn
- volte face
- to repent
zhuàntóu- nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
zhuǎn- to roll over
- to turn over (one's body)
zhuàn- rotary drum
huízhuǎn- to revolve
- to rotate
- rotation
zhuǎn- to turn back
- to reverse
zhōuzhuǎn- turnover (in cash or personnel)
- to have enough resources to cover a need
- also written 周轉|
yùnzhuǎn- to work
- to operate
- to revolve
- to turn around
fēizhuàn- to spin very fast
- fig. fleeting passage of time
zhuǎnyǎn- in a wink
zhōngzhuǎnzhàn- hub (network equipment)
èrrénzhuàn- genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
使使shǐzhuǎnxiàng- to divert
piānzhuǎnjiǎo- angle of drift (navigation)
- deflection (from course)
- angle of divergence
zàizhuǎn- to transfer again
fǎnzhuǎn- reverse transcription
zhuǎnràng- transferable
- negotiable
zhōuzhuǎnjīn- revolving fund
- working capital
- petty cash
- turnover
tuántuánzhuàn- to go round and round
- running around in circles
- fig. frantically busy
zhuǎnwān- to make a sudden turn
xuánzhuǎn- turning force
- torque
xuánzhuǎntái- rotating platform
- luggage carousel
xuánzhuǎn- pole of rotation
xuánzhuǎnqiú- spin ball
xuánzhuǎnjiǎo- angle of rotation
xuánzhuǎnzhóu- axis of rotation
zhuǎnbiàn- nuclear transformation
- nuclear transmutation
zhuànzhóu- axis of rotation
zhóuxuánzhuǎn- to rotate about an axis
- axis of rotation (math.)
lúnzhuǎn- merry-go-round
zhuàntàng- to go on a trip
zhuàndòngjiàn- rotor
zhuàndòngzhóu- axis of rotation (mechanics)
- spindle
zhuǎnhuàtáng- inverted sugar
zhuǎnxiàngdēng- vehicle turn indicator light
zhuǎnyīn- genetic modification
zhuànsuǒ- combination lock
zhuǎnxuésheng- student who changes school
zhuǎnchā- slippage rate
zhuǎnzhédiǎn- turning point
- breaking point
zhuǎnlièdiǎn- turning point
zhuǎnhuàn- converter
- transducer
zhuǎnhuìfèi- transfer fee
- signing bonus
- sign-on bonus
zhuǎnānméi- transferase (enzyme)
zhuǎnlún- to transmit Buddhist teaching
- chakram or chakka (throwing disk)
zhuǎnzhù- transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- character with meanings influenced by other words
- sometimes called mutually explanatory character
zhuàn- torque arm
zhuàndāo- pencil sharpener
zhuànyāozi- (coll.) to pace around nervously
- to speak indirectly
- to beat about the bush
zhuǎnzhàng- a debit card
zhuànchētái- a turntable
zhuànzhóur- erhua variant of 轉軸|[zhuan4 zhou2]
ZhuǎnlúnWáng- Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)
- emperor in Hindu mythology
zhuànbiǎo- tachometer
- RPM gauge
zhuǎnyùnzhàn- storage depot on a transportation route
zhuǎnyùnzhàn- distribution depot
- staging post
- transit center
zhuànlíngr- erhua variant of 轉鈴|[zhuan4 ling2]
zhuǎnguānxi- to transfer (from one unit to another)
liánzhóuzhuàn- lit. to continuously revolve
- to work non-stop
- to work around the clock (idiom)
diànzhuànpán- an electric turntable
UUUxíngzhuǎnwān- U-turn
zhuǎn- irreversible
zhōngzhuǎnguìtái- transfer desk
- correspondence desk
gāngzhuǎndòng- rigid rotation
shízhuànmén- turnstile
fǎnzhuǎnxuǎn- to invert the selection (on computer)
huíxīnzhuǎn- to change one's mind (idiom)
寿huízhuǎnshòu- revolving belt sushi (restaurant)
tiānyáozhuǎn- lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
- momentous changes are underway (idiom)
tiānxuánzhuàn- the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
- fig. huge changes in the world
shíkuàngzhuǎn- live relay
- broadcast of actual scene
- to broadcast live
zhǎnzhuǎnténgnuó- see 閃轉騰挪|腾挪[shan3 zhuan3 teng2 nuo2]
fēnghuízhuǎn- the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
- (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
- fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
- things have taken a new turn
zhuǎnzhíxià- to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
Dǒuzhuǎnxīng- 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[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
xuánqiánzhuǎnkūn- lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
- a radical change
xuánzhuǎnzhǐbiāo- winding number
xuánzhuǎnmiàn- a surface of revolution (math)
xuánzhuǎn- merry-go-round
- carousel
- Carousel, South Korean TV soap opera
xuánzhuǎnkǎoròu- döner kebab
xuánzhuǎnyùndòng- rotation
- rotary motion
xīngDǒuzhuǎn- 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|星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2]
shíláiyùnzhuǎn- the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break
- things change for the better
yūntóuzhuànxiàng- confused and disoriented
dàngànzhuǎnsòng- file transfer
lúnchángzhuàn- the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
wánrzhuàn- can't handle it
- can't find any way (of doing sth)
- not up to the task
wánrzhuàn- can handle it
- up to the task
zhūliúzhuǎn- lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time
- water under the bridge
xiànjīnzhōuzhuǎn- cash flow
xiànjīnliúzhuǎn- cash flow
yóushèngzhuǎnshuāi- from prosperity to decline
- at its peak before the decline
zhuǎnjīng- unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily
- to stare
yǎnzhuànjīng- with fixed attention (idiom)
shùnjiānzhuǎn- teleportation
mēngtóuzhuǎnxiàng- to lose one's bearings
- utterly confused
jiǎnfánzhuǎnhuàn- conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
jiànfēngzhuǎnduò- lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
- to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
zhǎnzhuǎnfǎn- to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
zhuànláizhuàn- to rove around
- to run around in circles
- to walk back and forth
zhuǎnxià- to go underground
- to turn to secret activities
zhuǎndòngguànliàng- moment of inertia (mechanics)
zhuǎnwēiwéiān- to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
zhuǎnxiàngxìnhào- turn signal (auto.)
- turning indicator
zhuǎnhuán- to have room to save a situation
- margin for error (idiom)
zhuǎnwānjiǎo- lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way
- to equivocate
- to beat about the bush
zhuǎnbēiwéi- to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
zhuǎnzhànqiān- fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
- never-ending struggle
zhuǎnhuànduàncéng- transform fault (geology)
zhuànbàiwéishèng- to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
zhuǎnānméi- amino transferase (enzyme)
zhuànhúntiān- armillary sphere (astronomy)
便便zhuǎnyǎnbiànwàng- what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't miss (idiom)
zhuǎnyǎnshì- to pass in an instant
- over in the twinkling of an eye
zhuǎnānzhì- to relocate
- to evacuate
zhuǎnzhī- transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)
线zhuǎnshìxiàn- to divert attention
- to change the subject
zhuǎnzhèn- to move one's base (of operations)
- to reposition
- to relocate
zhuǎnbiànjiǎo- lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way
- to equivocate
- to beat about the bush
zhuǎnbiànchǎng- to change positions
- to shift one's ground
zhuǎnbiànguòchéng- process of change
zhuànlúnshǒuqiāng- revolver (handgun)
Zhuǎnlúnshèng- Chakravarti raja
- emperor in Hindu mythology
ZhuànlúnshèngWáng- Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings)
- emperor in Hindu mythology
zhuǎnmiànqíng- to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
zhuǎnméi- reverse transcriptase
yuǎnduānzhuǎn- metastasis
shǎnzhuǎnténgnuó- to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
diàndòngzhuànpán- an electric turntable
diànshìzhuǎn- TV relay
- to broadcast
shùnfēngzhuǎnduò- to act according to whatever is the current outlook
- pragmatic
- unprincipled
cānzhuōzhuànpán- revolving tray on a dining table
- lazy Susan
fǎnzhuǎnbìng- retrovirus
zhuǎnràngzhèngquàn- negotiable securities
zhǐdezhuǎnhuàn- address translation
shānzhuànshuǐzhuàn- it's a small world
- only mountains never meet
shānzhuànzhuàn- see 山不轉水轉|山不[shan1 bu4 zhuan4 shui3 zhuan4]
xuánzhuǎnjiǎo- rotational angular velocity
xiànjīnliúzhuǎnbiǎo- cash flow statement
shuǎdetuántuánzhuàn- to fool
- to dupe
zhuǎnyīnshípǐn- genetically modified (GM) food
zhuǎnbìng- reverse transcription virus
- retrovirus
fēngshuǐlúnliúzhuàn- Reversal of the wheel of fortune.
- Every dog has his day.
zhuǎnhuàntóngwèi- fertile isotope
lòushuǐzhuànhúntiān- water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
ěrxuánzhuǎnkǎoròu- Turkish döner kebab
xuánzhuǎnxínglichuánsòngdài- luggage conveyor belt
- carousel
dàngànzhuǎnsòngcúnguǎn- File Transfer, Access and Management
- FTAM

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