转 (zhuǎn): meaning and stroke order
转 (zhuǎn) means to turn, to change direction, to transfer, to forward (mail).
转
- Simplified
- 转
- Traditional
- 轉
- Pinyin
- zhuǎn · zhuǎi · zhuàn
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Stroke order of 转
转
- zhuǎi see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
- zhuǎn to turn; to change direction
- zhuàn to revolve; to turn
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 轉
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Meaning of 转
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zhuǎn
Traditional 轉
- to turn
- to change direction
- to transfer
- to forward (mail)
- (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
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zhuǎi
Traditional 轉
- see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
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zhuàn
Traditional 轉
- to revolve
- to turn
- to circle about
- to walk about
- classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
- classifier for repeated actions
Radical and structure
- 转
- Radical 车 (Kangxi radical 159) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 车 on the left, 专 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 转
- 打转 dǎ zhuàn to spin; to rotate
- 转身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round; to face about
- 转变 zhuǎn biàn to change; to transform
- 转盘 zhuàn pán turntable; rotary (traffic)
- 转发 zhuǎn fā to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data)
- 转折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events; turnaround
转 in our stories
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那天天气很热。过了不一会儿，一群苍蝇飞了过来，在镰刀上空转了几圈，然后全部落在了其中一把上，怎么赶也赶不走。
nà tiān tiānqì hěn rè guò le bù yíhuìr yì qún cāngying fēi le guòlai zài liándāo shàngkōng zhuàn le jǐ quān ránhòu quánbù luò zài le qízhōng yì bǎ shàng zěnme gǎn yě gǎn bù zǒu
It was a hot day. Before long a swarm of flies flew over, circled above the sickles a few times, and then all settled on one of them; nothing could drive them off.
From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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调解室里安静了很久。贝女士低着头，手指在杯子上转来转去，半天才说：“我不知道这些。”
tiáojiěshì lǐ ānjìng le hěn jiǔ Bèi nǚshì dī zhe tóu shǒuzhǐ zài bēizi shàng zhuàn lái zhuàn qù bàntiān cái shuō wǒ bù zhīdao zhèxiē
The mediation room was quiet for a long time. Ms Bei kept her head down, turning her fingers round and round the cup, and after a long while said: "I didn't know any of this."
From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 转
- The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).