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Meaning of 转

Pinyin zhuǎn、 zhuàn、 zhuǎi

Radical

车

Strokes

Definition

to convey / to forward (mail) / to transfer / to turn / to shift, to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about

Usage

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转 (zhuǎn) 1. Migration; exile. 迁徙；流亡。 2. Indirect; involves someone else or another place in between. 不直接的，中间再经过别人或别的地方。 3. Change direction. 改换方向。 4. Change position. 改变位置。 5. Change the situation or circumstance. 改变形势、情况。 6. Connotation: moving by land transport (carry in a cart). 同本义(通过陆路运输)。 7. Return, rotate (turn; turn around and around). 回还，转动。 8. Referring to changes in circumstance (change; shift). 指情况的变化、改变。 9. Transfer; divert (divert; transfer). 转移，辗转。 10. Abandon; discard. 丢弃。 11. Transfer to another post. 迁官转任。 12. Turn; change direction. 掉转; 转向。 13. Move; migrate. 移动; 迁徙。 14. Leave; depart. 离去，离开。 15. Wave; flutter. 摇动; 飘荡。 16. Evade. 避。 17. Wind. 缠绕。 18. Sell. 卖。 19. Chant (recite). 诵（经）；念（咒）。 20. Winding; circuitous. 曲折，盘曲。 21. A measure word indicating times or rankings (equal to "次"; in ancient times, each promotion in military merit was called "一转"). 量词。等于说“次”。古时军功每加一等，则官爵随升一级，叫做一转。 22. See also: zhuǎi; zhuàn. 另见 zhuǎi; zhuàn。转 (zhuàn) 1. Spin; rotate (turn; revolve). 旋转; 打转。 2. Wind around. 绕过。 3. Lose one's way or direction. 迷路或迷失方向。 4. (Colloquial) Stroll. 口∶转悠。 5. To warble; chirp; chirrup. 通“啭”。鸟鸣，蝉鸣。量 (Measure) 1. A complete revolution (revolution; rotation). 旋转的一整圈。 2. Times; round (time). 次; 回。 3. See also: zhuǎi; zhuàn. 另见 zhuǎi; zhuàn。转文 Refers to speaking or writing in a way that intentionally avoids colloquial words and uses classical language to appear elegant. 指说话或写文章时有意不用通俗易懂的词句，而使用文言文词语以显高雅。

转向 zhuǎn xiàng

to change direction / fig. to change one's stance

转变 zhuǎn biàn

to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL:個|个[ge4]

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

转型 zhuǎn xíng

transformation / to transform

转头 zhuǎn tóu

to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent

婉转 wǎn zhuǎn

(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful

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

转危为安 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)

转瞬即逝 zhuǎn shùn jí shì

written in water

转化 zhuǎn huà

to change / to transform / isomerization (chemistry)

宛转 wǎn zhuǎn

sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]

转岗 zhuǎn gǎng

job transfer

转弯 zhuǎn wān

to turn / to go around a corner

转弯处 zhuǎn wān chù

turning / bend

转弯抹角 zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo

see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3]

转念 zhuǎn niàn

to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of

扭转 niǔ zhuǎn

to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation)

转悠 zhuàn you

to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly

转捩 zhuǎn liè

to turn

转折 zhuǎn zhé

shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation

转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn

turning point / breaking point

转换 zhuǎn huàn

to change / to switch / to convert / to transform

旋转 xuán zhuǎn

to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl

掉转 diào zhuǎn

to turn around

转入 zhuǎn rù

change over to / shift to / switch to

转播 zhuǎn bō

relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)

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

晕头转向 yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng

confused and disoriented

晴转多云 qíng zhuǎn duō yún

clear to overcast

转椅 zhuàn yǐ

swivel chair / children's roundabout

转矩 zhuàn jǔ

torque

偏转 piān zhuǎn

deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line)

倒转 dào zhuǎn

to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head

转氨酶 zhuǎn ān méi

transferase (enzyme)

转炉 zhuàn lú

converter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)

目不转睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng

unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily / to stare

转移 zhuǎn yí

to shift / to divert or distract (attention etc) / to change / to transform / metastasis (medicine) / to evacuate (people)

转瞬 zhuǎn shùn

in the twinkling of an eye / in a flash / to turn one's eyes

转瞬间 zhuǎn shùn jiān

transitorily / in a flash / in a twinkle / in a blink of an eye

转瞬之间 zhuǎn shùn zhī jiān

in a wink / in the twinkle of an eye / in a flash

翻转 fān zhuǎn

to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip

转而 zhuǎn ér

to turn to (sth else) / to switch to

转让 zhuǎn ràng

transfer (technology, goods etc) / conveyancing (property)

转账 zhuǎn zhàng

to transfer (money to a bank account)

辗转 zhǎn zhuǎn

to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander

转赠 zhuǎn zèng

to pass on a present

转赴 zhuǎn fù

Transfer to

逆转 nì zhuǎn

to turn back / to reverse

转身 zhuǎn shēn

(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

转轨 zhuǎn guǐ

to change track

好转 hǎo zhuǎn

to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement

转动 zhuàn dòng

to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate

转过 zhuǎn guò

Turn over

运转 yùn zhuǎn

to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around

转为 zhuǎn wèi

turn into / transfer

转运 zhuǎn yùn

to forward goods / to ship / to distribute / transshipment / a lucky break / change of fortune (for the better)

转轴 zhuàn zhóu

axis of rotation

转载 zhuǎn zǎi

to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]

辗转反侧 zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cè

to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)

辗转难眠 zhǎn zhuǎn nán mián

sleepless night / toss and turn

转达 zhuǎn dá

to pass on / to convey / to communicate

不可逆转 bù kě nì zhuǎn

irreversible

转速 zhuàn sù

angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute

话锋一转 huà fēng yī zhuǎn

Turn the conversation

转隶 zhuǎn lì

Transfer