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旋

xuán

HSK 6 Character

What 旋 means

1. to revolve
2. a loop
3. a circle

Other readings

旋 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xuànto whirl; immediately; variant of {镟|xuàn}

Example sentences

• 蜗牛壳是螺旋形的.
  Wōniúké shì luóxuánxíng de.
  A snail's shell is spiral in form.
• 我想不起那首歌的旋律。
  Wǒ xiǎng bù qǐ nà shǒu gē de xuánlǜ.
  I can't remember the melody of that song.
• 种的是风，而收获的是旋风。
  Zhǒng de shì fēng, ér shōuhuò de shì xuànfēng.
  Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
• 地球大约每三百六十五天就会围绕太阳旋转一周。
  Dìqiú dàyuē měi sān bǎi liùshí wǔ tiān jiù huì wéirào tàiyang xuánzhuǎn yīzhōu.
  The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.
• 一团尘土与瓦砾腾空而起，在空中盘旋了数分钟。
  A cloud of dust and debris rose and lingered in the sky for a few minutes afterward.
• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

Words starting with 旋

• 旋律xuán lǜmelody
• 旋转xuán zhuǎnto rotate; to revolve; to spin
• 旋风xuàn fēngwhirlwind; tornado
• 旋即xuán jísoon after; shortly
• 旋涡xuán wōspiral; whirlpool; eddy
• 旋光xuán guāngrotation of plane of polarization of light
• 旋回xuán huíto cycle
• 旋流xuán liúrotating flow
• 旋舞xuán wǔwhirling dance
• 旋里xuán lǐto return home
• 旋量xuán liàngspinor (math.)
• 旋子xuàn zilarge metal plate for making bean curd; metal pot for warming wine
• 旋工xuàn gōnglathe operator; spinning wheel worker
• 旋床xuàn chuánglathe
• 旋木xuàn mùwood turning; woodwork lathe
• 旋花科xuán huā kēConvolvulaceae, herbaceous plant family
• 旋覆花xuán fù huā(botany) convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
• 旋转力xuán zhuǎn lìturning force; torque
• 旋转台xuán zhuǎn táirotating platform; luggage carousel
• 旋转极xuán zhuǎn jípole of rotation
• 旋转球xuán zhuǎn qiúspin ball
• 旋转角xuán zhuǎn jiǎoangle of rotation
• 旋转门xuán zhuǎn ménrevolving door
• 旋风脚xuàn fēng jiǎowhirlwind kick (martial arts)

Words containing 旋

• 盘旋pán xuánto spiral; to circle; to go around
• 周旋zhōu xuánto mix with others; to socialize; to deal with
• 凯旋kǎi xuánto return in triumph; to return victorious
• 主旋律zhǔ xuán lǜ(music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea…
• 回旋huí xuánto circle; to wheel; to go around
• 凯旋门kǎi xuán méntriumphal arch
• 螺旋luó xuánspiral; helix; screw
• 天旋地转tiān xuán dì zhuànthe sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning…
• 斡旋wò xuánto mediate (a conflict etc)
• 下旋xià xuán(sport) backspin
• 打旋dǎ xuánto revolve
• 气旋qì xuáncyclone
• 油旋yóu xuánYouxuan, a kind of a pastry
• 自旋zì xuán(physics) spin (of a particle)
• 发旋fà xuánhair whorl
• 反气旋fǎn qì xuánanticyclone
• 回旋曲huí xuán qǔrondo
• 核自旋hé zì xuánnuclear spin
• 回旋处huí xuán chùtraffic circle; rotary; roundabout
• 黑旋风Hēi Xuàn fēngBlack Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵
• 下旋削球xià xuán xiāo qiú(golf, tennis) undercut
• 棒旋星系bàng xuán xīng xìbarred spiral galaxy
• 激流回旋jī liú huí xuáncanoe slalom
• 盘旋曲折pán xuán qū zhé(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously

Characters that look like 旋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 族zúrace; nationality; ethnicity
• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 徙xǐ(literary) to change one's residence
• 掖yēto tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

Sounds the same

Read xuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 悬to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 玄black; mysterious
• 璇(jade)
• 漩whirlpool; eddy; also pr. xuàn
• 琁beautiful jade; star
• 玹jadelike precious stone; jade-colored
• 嫙beautiful; fine
• 暶(literary) bright; (literary) beautiful; good-looking
• 㻽variant of 璇; also pr. suì
• 伭variant of 玄; variant of 悬