The Chinese word for to turn is
转
zhuǎnChinese Definition
turn | |
1. 动词. 转 |
Translations for turn and their definitions
轉動 | |
1. v. to turn (a body part or another object); to swivel | |
2. v. (intransitive) to rotate; to revolve; to move in a circle; to gyrate |
轉 | |
1. to turn; to revolve | |
2. to wind; to entwine | |
3. winding; circuitous | |
4. to change; to shift; to alter | |
轉換 - to change | |
轉tńg 大人 - to become an adult, MN | |
轉 敗 為 勝 - to turn defeat into victory | |
5. to change direction; to turn | |
6. (Southwest Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to return; to come or go back | |
轉來 (2tsoe le, SH) - to come back; to return | |
轉去 (2tsoe qi, SH) - to go back; to return | |
7. (Wu) to think; to contemplate; to turn over in one's mind | |
8. (Min Nan) to mediate; to reconcile | |
9. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) | |
10. to change position; to move | |
11. to wave; to flutter | |
12. to divert; to transfer | |
13. to evade; to avoid | |
14. to be transferred to another post | |
15. to sell; to transfer the ownership | |
16. to transport; to relay; to carry in a cart | |
17. to discard; to abandon | |
18. to leave; to depart | |
19. to chant; to utter (spell); to recite | |
20. (intransitive) to revolve; to rotate; to turn | |
21. revolution; rotation; turn | |
22. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min, dialectal Wu) hair whorl | |
23. number of times; time | |
24. to wind around; to go around; bypass | |
25. to lose (way); to get lost | |
26. (colloquial) to stroll; to saunter; to amble; to wander | |
27. Alternative form of 囀 (to chirp; to warble; to chirrup) | |
28. (music) RPM | |
78 轉zhuàn 黑膠 - 78 RPM record | |
29. (Mandarin, colloquial) Alternative form of 拽 (to act pretentiously; to show off) | |
30. (Min) to twist with force or with a tool |
拐 | |
1. to turn | |
請 右 拐。 - Please turn right. | |
請 左 拐。 - Please turn left. | |
2. to kidnap; to abduct | |
3. to misappropriate | |
4. walking stick; cane | |
拄拐 - to walk with a cane | |
5. the numeral seven (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military) | |
6. (Sichuan) wrong; incorrect |
转动 | |
1. Simplified form of 轉動 |
转 | |
1. Simplified form of 轉 |
旋轉 | |
1. v. (usually intransitive) to rotate; to revolve; to gyrate; to spin; to whirl | |
2. v. (intransitive) to feel dizzy | |
3. v. (transitive, figurative) to reverse; to transform; to turn around (a state or situation) | |
4. v. (Taiwan, Internet slang) to patronize; to pull someone's leg |
旋转 | |
1. Simplified form of 旋轉 |
運轉 | |
1. v. (intransitive) to revolve; to orbit; to turn on an axis | |
2. v. (intransitive) to operate; to run | |
3. v. (of fortune) to turn; to have a lucky break | |
4. v. (intransitive) to take public transport (for traveling or experience) | |
5. n. revolution; turning on an axis | |
6. n. operation (of a machine); running (gloss, of a business) |
运转 | |
1. Simplified form of 運轉 |
成為 | |
1. v. to become; to turn into; to change into | |
成chéng為wéi 一個 更好 的 自己 - to become a better person; to become a better version of oneself | |
要 想 外出 度假jià 時,寵物 會 成為wéi 牽累。 - Pets can be a burden when you want to go away on holiday. | |
從 今天 起 他 就 成為wéi 總經理 了。 - He became the general manager from today on. | |
高校 人才 流動 已經 成為wéi 越來越 常見 的 現象。 - Talent mobility in universities has become an increasingly common phenomenon. |
成为 | |
1. Simplified form of 成為 |
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