輾

简 辗 · 繁 輾
Cantonese · source Jyutpingnin5#

Meanings · nin5

  1. an alternative form for 碾, to crush with roller
Cantonese · source Jyutpingnin6#

Meanings · nin6

  1. an alternative form for 碾, to crush with roller
Cantonese · source Jyutpingzin2#

Meanings · zin2

  1. roll over on side
  2. turn half over
  3. to toss about
  4. to toss and turn
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 輾 has the reading nin5 here; Unihan’s citation reading is zin2. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 輾 nin5 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

ninnin1—nin2—nin3—年nin4碾nin5stone rollernin6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 輾 niǎn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinvariant of 碾 niǎn
  • 輾 zhǎn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinused in 輾轉 zhǎn zhuǎn

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

nin5 · nin6 · zin2

Cantonese word readings for 輾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

  1. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 碾 (niǎn, “to crush (something) flat with a wheel; to run over”)

character · Etymology 2

  1. used in 輾轉/辗转 (zhǎnzhuǎn, “to toss and turn”)
  2. a surname

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
Source lines 32,970, 32,971, 32,972 · Original publisher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edition & transformations

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity輾 辗 [zhan3] {nin5} /an alternative form for 碾, to crush with roller/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 843bf7312632f11338173d14ec699025657f71d6960b16ad96a5ce0613ad9bb3

輾 辗 [zhan3] {nin6} /an alternative form for 碾, to crush with roller/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: c91f27282915d5e26d22384bf91323ff6027ae2ddcf40a4097d38051cd36c68c

輾 辗 [zhan3] {zin2} /roll over on side/turn half over/to toss about/to toss and turn/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: a69024b5ad92bd59c806e208e71ba9f01ce9195f61a28660ffff5b108974522e