轉 (zhuǎn)
to turn; to transfer; to change
How 轉 is written
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 車 — car
- Traditional
- 轉
- Simplified
- 转
轉 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- zhuǎn
- to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to turn
- zhuàn
- to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about
Common words using 轉
- 轉發 zhuǎnfā
- to transmit; forwarding (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on
- 轉盤 zhuànpán
- turntable; rotary (traffic)
- 轉給 zhuǎngěi
- to pass on to
- 轉身 zhuǎnshēn
- (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
- 轉載 zhuǎnzài
- to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere
- 中轉 zhōngzhuǎn
- to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence
- 反轉 fǎnzhuǎn
- reversal; inversion; to reverse
- 右轉 yòuzhuǎn
- to turn right
- 回心轉意 huíxīnzhuǎnyì
- to change one’s mind (idiom)
- 回轉 huízhuǎn
- to rotate; to turn round; slalom
- 天旋地轉 tiānxuándìzhuàn
- the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning; fig. huge changes in the world
- 好轉 hǎozhuǎn
- to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
轉 in a sentence
前面路口向右轉就到了。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu xiàng yòu zhuǎn jiù dào le.
“Turn right at the intersection ahead and you'll be there.”
How common is 轉?
轉 is the 376th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 69.6% of all running text.
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