轉
简 转 · 繁 轉Meanings · zyun2
- (verb) 1. spin; 2. rotate
Meanings · zyun2
- to turn
- to change direction
- to transfer
- to forward (mail)
Meanings · zyun3
- to revolve
- to rotate
- to spin
About these definitions
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.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
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.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 轉 zhuǎi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsee 轉文 zhuǎi wén
- 轉 zhuǎn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
- 轉 zhuàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
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: zhuan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 33 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zyun2 · zyun3
Cantonese word readings for 轉. 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
- (transitive) to turn; to revolve
- to wind; to entwine
- winding; circuitous
- (transitive) to change; to shift; to alter
- to change direction; to turn
- (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to return; to come or go back
- (Wu) to think; to contemplate; to turn over in one's mind
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to mediate; to reconcile
- (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) Classifier for times or round trips.
- to change position; to move
- to wave; to flutter
- to divert; to transfer
- to evade; to avoid
- to be transferred to another post
- to sell; to transfer the ownership
- to transport; to relay; to carry in a cart
- to discard; to abandon
- to leave; to depart
- to chant; to utter (spell); to recite
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to circulate capital to meet financial need for turnover
- a surname
character
- (intransitive) to revolve; to rotate; to turn
- revolution; rotation; turn
- (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min, dialectal Wu) hair whorl
- number of times; time
- to wind around; to go around; bypass
- to lose (way); to get lost
- (colloquial) to stroll; to saunter; to amble; to wander
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 囀 /啭 (zhuàn, “to chirp; to warble; to chirrup”)
- (music) RPM
- (Wu, dialectal Mandarin, transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven
character
- (Mandarin, colloquial) alternative form of 拽 (“to act pretentiously; to show off”)
character
- (Min) to twist with force or with a tool
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