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Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎi#

see 轉文 zhuǎi wén

Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn#

to turn
to change direction
to transfer
to forward (mail)
(Internet) to share (sb else's content)

Mandarin · pinyin zhuàn#

to revolve
to turn
to circle about
to walk about
classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
classifier for repeated actions

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轉: Look up this written character
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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3 · zhuai3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun2 · zyun3

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

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(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

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(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

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(Mandarin, colloquial) alternative form of 拽 (“to act pretentiously; to show off”)

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(Min) to twist with force or with a tool

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