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轉動

简转动 · 繁轉動

Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn dòng#

to turn sth around
to swivel

Mandarin · pinyin zhuàn dòng#

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

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轉: Look up this written character
動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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3–4 · zhuan3 dong4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun2 dung6 · zyun3 dung6

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

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verb

(transitive) to turn (a body part or another object); to swivel

verb

(intransitive) to rotate; to revolve; to move in a circle; to gyrate

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