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運轉

简 运转 · 繁 運轉
Mandarin · pinyin yùn zhuǎn

Meanings

  1. to work
  2. to operate
  3. to revolve
  4. to turn around
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運
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轉
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运
yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport
转
zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
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4–3 · yun4 zhuan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan6 zyun2 · wan6 zyun3

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

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wan6 zyun2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. (intransitive) to revolve; to orbit; to turn on an axis
  2. (intransitive) to operate; to run
  3. (of fortune) to turn; to have a lucky break
  4. (intransitive) to take public transport (for traveling or experience)
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to drive (a vehicle, tank, etc.)

noun

  1. revolution; turning on an axis
  2. operation (of a machine); running (of a business)

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