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辗

zhǎn

Character Traditional 輾

What 辗 means

1. used in {辗转|zhǎn zhuǎn}

Other readings

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

• niǎnvariant of {碾|niǎn}

Example sentences

• 他被车辗过了。
  Tā bèi chē zhǎn guo le.
  He was run over by a car.
• 她被车子辗过了。
  Tā bèi chēzi zhǎn guo le.
  She was run over by a car.
• 一辆卡车辗过一只狗。
  Yī liàng kǎchē zhǎn guo yī zhī gǒu.
  A truck ran over our dog.
• 我辗转反侧，反复思考着白天发生的事，后悔不已。
  I'm tossing and turning, repeatedly thinking about what happened today, deeply remorseful.

Words starting with 辗

• 辗转zhǎn zhuǎnto toss about in bed; from person to person; indirectly
• 辗转反侧zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cèto toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
• 辗轧niǎn yàvariant of 碾轧

Characters built on 展

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

• 冁chǎnsmilingly
• 搌zhǎnto sop up; to dab

Characters that look like 辗

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

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 耦ǒua pair; a mate; a couple
• 碾niǎnstone roller; roller and millstone; to grind
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

Sounds the same

Read zhǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 展to spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 崭towering; prominent; very
• 斩to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 盏a small cup; classifier for lamps
• 琖wine cup
• 醆wine cup
• 搌to sop up; to dab
• 椫(wood)
• 飐to sway in the wind