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转动

zhuàn dòng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 轉動

转动 (zhuǎn dòng) means "to turn sth around; to swivel; to rotate (about an axis)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 转动 means

1. to rotate (about an axis)
2. to revolve
3. to turn
4. to move in a circle
5. to gyrate

Other readings

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

• zhuǎn dòngto turn sth around; to swivel

The characters in 转动

• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 他转动钥匙。
  He turned the key.
• 我转动了门把。
  Wǒ zhuǎndòng le mén bǎ.
  I turned the doorknob.
• 爱让世界转动。
  ài ràng shìjiè zhuǎndòng.
  Love makes the world go round.
• 往右边转动钥匙。
  Turn the key to the right.
• 轮子开始慢慢转动。
  Lúnzi kāishǐ mànmàn zhuǎndòng.
  The wheel began to roll slowly.
• 她慢慢转动门把手。
  She turned the doorknob slowly.

Words starting with 转动

• 转动件zhuàn dòng jiànrotor
• 转动惯量zhuǎn dòng guàn liàngmoment of inertia (mechanics)
• 转动轴zhuàn dòng zhóuaxis of rotation (mechanics); spindle

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