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转
Trad. 轉
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 车专
Prononciation
Mandarin zhuǎn; zhuàn; zhuǎi
Entry Methods
Pinyin zhuan3; zhuan4; zhuai3
Kanji /
Cangjie
 KQQNI
乂手手弓戈
Sijiao 455.3
Wubi LFNY
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+8F6C
GB2312 D7AA
Results for 转
转 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
转 zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
转 zhuǎi see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
Results beginning with 转
转载 zhuǎn zǎi to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
转换 zhuǎn huàn to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
转让 zhuǎn ràng to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
转移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to divert or distract (attention etc) / to change / to transform / metastasis (medicine) / to evacuate (people)
转身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
转变 zhuǎn biàn to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL:個|个[ge4]
转向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost / to lose one's way
转向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
转型 zhuǎn xíng transformation / to transform
转化 zhuǎn huà to change / to transform / isomerization (chemistry)
转头 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
转头 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent
转发 zhuǎn fā to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
转动 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
转动 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around / to swivel
转眼 zhuǎn yǎn in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
转入 zhuǎn rù to change over to / to shift to / to switch to
转会 zhuǎn huì to transfer to another club (professional sports)
转速 zhuàn sù angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute
转而 zhuǎn ér to turn to (sth else) / to switch to
转世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
转折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
转生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism)
转帐 zhuǎn zhàng transfer money from or into an account
转播 zhuǎn bō relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
转机 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
转弯 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner
转告 zhuǎn gào to pass on / to communicate / to transmit
转转 zhuàn zhuan to stroll
转回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music)
转念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
转正 zhuǎn zhèng to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
转瞬 zhuǎn shùn in the twinkling of an eye / in a flash / to turn one's eyes
转交 zhuǎn jiāo to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
转战 zhuǎn zhàn to fight in one place after another
转运 zhuǎn yùn to forward goods / to ship / to distribute / transshipment / a lucky break / change of fortune (for the better)
转学 zhuǎn xué to change schools / to transfer to another college
转去 zhuàn qù to return / to go back
转业 zhuǎn yè to change one's profession / to transfer to civilian work
转悠 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
转手 zhuǎn shǒu to pass on / to resell / to change hands
转盘 zhuàn pán turntable / rotary (traffic)
转录 zhuǎn lù transcription / to make a copy of a recording
转嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
转达 zhuǎn dá to pass on / to convey / to communicate
转行 zhuǎn háng to change profession
转轨 zhuǎn guǐ to change track
转账 zhuǎn zhàng to transfer (money to a bank account)
转子 zhuàn zi rotor
转子 zhuàn zǐ rotor (electricity)
转接 zhuǎn jiē (telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer
转角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
转给 zhuǎn gěi to pass on to
转圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
转送 zhuǎn sòng to pass (sth) on (to sb else) / to transfer sb (to another hospital etc)
转租 zhuǎn zū to sublet / to sublease
转寄 zhuǎn jì to forward (a message, letter, article etc)
转述 zhuǎn shù to pass on (stories) / to relate
转卖 zhuǎn mài to resell
转口 zhuǎn kǒu entrepot / transit (of goods) / (coll.) to deny / to go back on one's word
转轮 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
转脸 zhuǎn liǎn to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye
转好 zhuǎn hǎo improvement / turnaround (for the better)
转用 zhuǎn yòng to adapt for use for another purpose
转产 zhuǎn chǎn to change production / to move over to new products
转矩 zhuàn jǔ torque
转轴 zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation
转车 zhuàn chē a turntable
转车 zhuǎn chē to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
转椅 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout
转道 zhuǎn dào to make a detour / to go by way of
转体 zhuǎn tǐ to roll over / to turn over (one's body)
转院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)
转台 zhuàn tái rotating stage / swivel table
转台 zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV)
转炉 zhuàn lú converter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)
转诊 zhuǎn zhěn to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital)
转赠 zhuǎn zèng to pass on a present
转义 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
转圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation) / to mediate / to intercede
转递 zhuǎn dì to pass on / to relay
转调 zhuǎn diào (music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
转鼓 zhuàn gǔ rotary drum
转门 zhuàn mén revolving door / turnstile
转文 zhuǎi wén to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
转背 zhuǎn bèi to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time
转步 zhuǎn bù to turn around
转侧 zhuǎn cè to change one's viewpoint / to turn from side to side (in bed)
转差 zhuǎn chā to slip (e.g. of clutch) / slippage / also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
转乘 zhuǎn chéng to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
转船 zhuǎn chuán to transfer ships
转蛋 zhuǎn dàn toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
转导 zhuǎn dǎo transduction
转抵 zhuǎn dǐ to convert / to exchange
转帆 zhuǎn fān to tack (of sailing ship) / to jibe / to go about
转干 zhuǎn gàn to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
转归 zhuǎn guī (of ownership, custody etc) to be transferred to / to revert to / (medicine) clinical outcome / to reclassify (e.g. from asymptomatic carrier to confirmed case)
转介 zhuǎn jiè to refer sb to an agency (or hospital etc) / referral
转筋 zhuàn jīn muscle cramp
转剧 zhuǎn jù becoming acute / to exacerbate
转距 zhuàn jù torque
转科 zhuǎn kē to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
转捩 zhuǎn liè to turn
转铃 zhuàn líng bicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism)
转码 zhuǎn mǎ (computing) transcoding / to convert (from one encoding to another)
转磨 zhuàn mò rotary grindstone
转纽 zhuàn niǔ organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)
转授 zhuǎn shòu to delegate
转塔 zhuàn tǎ rotating turret
转托 zhuǎn tuō to pass on a task / to delegate one's work / to pass the buck
转往 zhuǎn wǎng to change (to final stretch of journey)
转位 zhuàn wèi index (rotating gauge) / cam gradation
转位 zhuǎn wèi transposition / displacement / inversion / translocation / to displace / to transpose
转文 zhuǎn wén (Internet) to repost (Tw)
转徙 zhuǎn xǐ to migrate / to move house
转校 zhuǎn xiào to transfer (school)
转写 zhuǎn xiě to transliterate / to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
转译 zhuǎn yì to translate (to another language) / to convert
转引 zhuǎn yǐn to quote from secondary source
转游 zhuàn you variant of 轉悠|转悠[zhuan4 you5]
转喻 zhuǎn yù metonymy
转韵 zhuǎn yùn change of rhyme (within a poem)
转置 zhuàn zhì to transpose
转钟 zhuǎn zhōng past midnight
转注 zhuǎn zhù 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
转作 zhuǎn zuò (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop
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转换器 zhuǎn huàn qì converter / transducer
转基因 zhuǎn jī yīn genetic modification
转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point / breaking point
转速表 zhuàn sù biǎo tachometer / RPM gauge
转会费 zhuǎn huì fèi transfer fee / signing bonus / sign-on bonus
转氨酶 zhuǎn ān méi transferase (enzyme)
转向灯 zhuǎn xiàng dēng vehicle turn indicator light
转发器 zhuǎn fā qì transponder
转运站 zhuǎn yùn zhàn distribution depot / staging post / transit center
转法轮 zhuǎn fǎ lún to transmit Buddhist teaching / chakram or chakka (throwing disk)
转捩点 zhuǎn liè diǎn turning point
转化厂  conversion plant
转用率  diversion rate
转弯点  turning point
转移率  transport rate / transfer rate
转录机  transcription machine
转移站  transfer station
转笔刀 zhuàn bǐ dāo pencil sharpener
转差率 zhuǎn chā lu:4 slippage rate
转车台 zhuàn chē tái a turntable
转动件 zhuàn dòng jiàn rotor
转动轴 zhuàn dòng zhóu axis of rotation (mechanics) / spindle
转关系 zhuǎn guān xi to transfer (from one unit to another)
转化率 zhuǎn huà shuài transformation rate
Approximate Results for 转
旋转 xuán zhuǎn to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
运转 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around
好转 hǎo zhuǎn to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
扭转 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
流转 liú zhuǎn to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)
逆转 nì zhuǎn to turn back / to reverse
翻转 fān zhuǎn to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip
辗转 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander
回转 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / rotation
周转 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow
中转 zhōng zhuǎn to change (train or plane) / transfer / correspondence
打转 dǎ zhuàn to spin / to rotate / to revolve
反转 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
婉转 wǎn zhuǎn (voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful
左转 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left
急转 jí zhuǎn to whirl / to turn around quickly
右转 yòu zhuǎn to turn right
倒转 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head
结转  carry forward, to
自转 zì zhuàn rotation
批转 pī zhuǎn to approve and forward / to endorse / stamp "approved for distribution"
掉转 diào zhuǎn to turn around
移转 yí zhuǎn to shift / to transfer
调转 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn
轮转 lún zhuàn to rotate
偏转 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line)
公转 gōng zhuàn orbital revolution
宛转 wǎn zhuǎn sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]
展转 zhǎn zhuǎn variant of 輾轉|辗转[zhan3 zhuan3]
折转 zhé zhuǎn reflex (angle) / to turn back
共转  corotating
暗转 àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
背转 bèi zhuǎn to turn away / to turn one's back to / (gymnastics etc) backspin
拨转 bō zhuǎn to turn / to turn around / to transfer (funds etc)
承转 chéng zhuǎn to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
倒转 dào zhuàn (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4 zhuan3]
大转 dà zhuǎn to turn left (Shanghainese)
飞转 fēi zhuàn to spin rapidly / to whirl around / (of time) to fly by
复转 fù zhuǎn to demobilize / to transfer to other tasks (of troops)
迴转 huí zhuǎn revolve / rotate / rotation
快转 kuài zhuǎn fast-forward
跳转 tiào zhuǎn (computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
玩转 wán zhuàn to know all the ins and outs of sth / to get to know (a place) inside out
小转 xiǎo zhuǎn to turn right (Shanghainese)
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急转弯 jí zhuǎn wān to make a sudden turn
团团转 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy
中转站 zhōng zhuǎn zhàn transit hub / transport hub / interchange
可转债 kě zhuǎn zhài convertible debt / convertible bond
二人转 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
周转金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover
旋转轴 xuán zhuǎn zhóu axis of rotation
再转让  retransfer
中转区  staging point
回转器  clinostat
旋转泵  rotary pump
地转流  density current / geostrophic flow
电转盘 diàn zhuàn pán an electric turntable
反转录 fǎn zhuǎn lù (molecular biology) reverse transcription
粉转黑 fěn zhuǎn hēi (Internet slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor
核转变 hé zhuǎn biàn nuclear transformation / nuclear transmutation
可转让 kě zhuǎn ràng transferable / negotiable
连轴转 lián zhóu zhuàn lit. to continuously revolve / to work non-stop / to work around the clock (idiom)
轮转机 lún zhuǎn jī merry-go-round
路转粉 lù zhuǎn fěn (Internet slang) to go from being indifferent to being a big fan
偏转角 piān zhuǎn jiǎo angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence
使转向 shǐ zhuǎn xiàng to divert
旋转极 xuán zhuǎn jí pole of rotation
旋转角 xuán zhuǎn jiǎo angle of rotation
旋转力 xuán zhuǎn lì turning force / torque
旋转球 xuán zhuǎn qiú spin ball
旋转台 xuán zhuǎn tái rotating platform / luggage carousel
一转眼 yī zhuǎn yǎn in the blink of an eye
再转复 zài zhuǎn fù to transfer again
轴旋转 zhóu xuán zhuǎn to rotate about an axis / axis of rotation (math.)
自转轴 zì zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation
U形转弯 U xíng zhuǎn wān U-turn
目不转睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng unable to take one's eyes off (idiom) / to gaze steadily / to stare
技术转让 jì shù zhuǎn ràng technology transfer / transfer of technology
回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì to change one's mind (idiom)
晕头转向 yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng confused and disoriented
天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
辗转反侧 zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cè to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
电视转播 diàn shì zhuǎn bō TV relay / to broadcast
急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom) / dramatic change
斗转星移 Dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí 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|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
星移斗转 xīng yí Dǒu zhuǎn 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|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2]
峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn 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
见风转舵 jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom) / fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn the time comes, fortune turns (idiom) / to have a lucky break / things change for the better
顺风转舵 shùn fēng zhuǎn duò to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled
旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom) / earth-shattering / a radical change
珠流璧转 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
反转录酶  reverse transcriptase
燃料转换  fuel switching
能源转变  energy transition
原木转储  log dump / landing / ramp
铀转化厂  uranium conversion plant / uranium conversion facility
血清转化  seroconversion
旋转椭球  ellipsoid of revolution
氨转换器  ammonia synthesis converter / ammonia converter
生物转化  biotransformation
多路转接  multiplexing
现金转移  cash transfer
经向转移  meridional transfer
呼叫前转  call forward
工业转型  industrial conversion
构造转向  vergence
基因转移  gene transfer
周转时间  lead time
债务结转  debt rollover
资本转移  capital transfers
携号转网  number portability
冲突转化  conflict transformation
霍曼转移  Hohmann transfer
呼叫转向  call deflection
来电转接  call forwarding
非法转移  illegal removal
中转兵营  transit camp
热电转换  thermo-electric energy conversion
旋转加快  spin-up
钚转化厂  plutonium conversion plant
秘密转让  covert transfer
贸易转移  trade diversion
时深转换  time-depth conversion / time-to-depth conversion / depth conversion
周转基金  Working Capital Fund
早期转诊  early referral
深度转换  depth conversion
毒资转移  drug-money transfer
确认转让  confirmation of transfers
经常转移  current transfers
禁止转让  anti-assignment
知识转让  knowledge transfer
越境转移  transboundary movement
楼内转移  in-building relocation
林地转用  transfer of forested land
不可逆转 bù kě nì zhuǎn irreversible
餐桌转盘 cān zhuō zhuàn pán revolving tray on a dining table / lazy Susan
档案转送 dàng àn zhuǎn sòng file transfer
电动转盘 diàn dòng zhuàn pán an electric turntable
恶性转移 è xìng zhuǎn yí (medicine) metastasis
法轮常转 Fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
反转选择 fǎn zhuǎn xuǎn zé to invert the selection (on computer)
风险转移 fēng xiǎn zhuǎn yí risk transfer
刚体转动 gāng tǐ zhuǎn dòng rigid rotation
睾丸扭转 gāo wán niǔ zhuǎn (medicine) testicular torsion
回转寿司 huí zhuǎn shòu sī conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
简繁转换 jiǎn fán zhuǎn huàn conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
巨量转移 jù liàng zhuǎn yí mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing)
蒙头转向 mēng tóu zhuǎn xiàng to lose one's bearings / utterly confused
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