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转

zhuǎn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 轉

What 转 means

1. to turn
2. to change direction
3. to transfer
4. to forward (mail)
5. (Internet) to share (sb else's content)

Other readings

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

• zhuànto revolve; to turn; to circle about
• zhuǎisee {转文|zhuǎi wén}

Example sentences

• 左转!
  Turn left!
• 向左转。
  Turn to the left.
• 转过来。
  Turn around.
• 向右转。
  Turn right.
• 请右转。
  Please turn to the right.
• 请左转。
  Please turn to the left.

Words starting with 转

• 转变zhuǎn biànto change; to transform; shift
• 转告zhuǎn gàoto pass on; to communicate; to transmit
• 转移zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention)…
• 转让zhuǎn ràngto transfer (ownership, rights etc)
• 转折zhuǎn zhéshift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book
• 转达zhuǎn dáto pass on; to convey; to communicate
• 转载zhuǎn zǎito forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere; Taiwan pr. zhuǎn zài
• 转身zhuǎn shēn(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
• 转向zhuǎn xiàngto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
• 转换zhuǎn huànto change; to switch; to convert
• 转化zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform; (chemistry) isomerization
• 转动zhuàn dòngto rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn
• 转型zhuǎn xíngto undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform…
• 转头zhuǎn tóuto turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn
• 转眼zhuǎn yǎnin a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance
• 转入zhuǎn rùto change over to; to shift to; to switch to
• 转弯zhuǎn wānto turn; to go around a corner
• 转转zhuàn zhuanto go for a stroll
• 转播zhuǎn bōrelay; broadcast (on radio or TV)
• 转而zhuǎn érto turn to (sth else); to switch to
• 转悠zhuàn youto roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly
• 转学zhuǎn xué(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
• 转机zhuǎn jī(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
• 转会zhuǎn huìto transfer to another club (professional sports)

Words containing 转

• 旋转xuán zhuǎnto rotate; to revolve; to spin
• 扭转niǔ zhuǎnto reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
• 周转zhōu zhuǎnto rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover
• 好转hǎo zhuǎnto improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
• 运转yùn zhuǎnto work; to operate; to revolve
• 辗转zhǎn zhuǎnto toss about in bed; from person to person; indirectly
• 目不转睛mù bù zhuǎn jīngunable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
• 婉转wǎn zhuǎn(voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect
• 打转dǎ zhuànto spin; to rotate; to revolve
• 逆转nì zhuǎnto turn back; to reverse
• 流转liú zhuǎnto be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital)
• 回转huí zhuǎnto revolve; to rotate; to turn around; to turn back; to go back; to return
• 一转眼yī zhuǎn yǎnin the blink of an eye
• 中转zhōng zhuǎnto change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence
• 晕头转向yūn tóu zhuàn xiàngconfused and disoriented
• 团团转tuán tuán zhuànto go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy
• 翻转fān zhuǎnto roll; to turn over; to invert
• 二人转èr rén zhuàngenre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
• 辗转反侧zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cèto toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
• 急转弯jí zhuǎn wānto make a sudden turn
• 反转fǎn zhuǎnreversal; inversion; to reverse
• 掉转diào zhuǎnto turn around
• 天旋地转tiān xuán dì zhuànthe sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning…
• 回心转意huí xīn zhuǎn yìto change one's mind (idiom)

Characters built on 专

These share the phonetic component 专 (zhuān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 抟tuánto roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 团; (literary) to circle; to wheel

Characters that look like 转

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

• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 矜jīnto boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞

Sounds the same

Read zhuǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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