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zhuǎn

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zhuǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuǎn | zhuan3
English translation
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail

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About zhuǎn

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

zhuǎn

Contains the radical

chē

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

cart

Etymology of zhuǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

車專

Semantic compound

chē

Phonetic compound

zhuān

Explanation

Simplified form of zhuǎn . Phonosemantic compound. chē represents the meaning and zhuān represents the sound. Originally written as zhuān . The chē component was added later.

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Words with zhuǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhuǎn to turn zhuǎn
转移 zhuǎnyí to shift轉移
转发 zhuǎn fā to transmit轉發
转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change轉變
转身 zhuǎn shēn to face about轉身
旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate旋轉
转换 zhuǎn huàn to change轉換
好转 hǎo zhuǎn to improve好轉
转让 zhuǎnràng conveyancing (property)轉讓
转向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction轉向
转化 zhuǎn huà to change轉化
运转 yùn zhuǎn to work運轉
转载 zhuǎn zǎi to forward (a shipment)轉載
转转 zhuàn zhuan to stroll轉轉
转弯 zhuǎn wān to turn轉彎
转动 zhuǎn dòng to revolve轉動
转型 zhuǎn xíng transformation轉型
转告 zhuǎngào to pass on轉告
扭转 niǔzhuǎn to reverse扭轉
逆转 nì zhuǎn to turn back逆轉
转播 zhuǎn bō relay轉播
中转站 zhōng zhuǎn zhàn hub (network equipment)中轉站
转机 zhuǎn jī to change planes轉機
转会 zhuǎn huì to transfer to another club (professional sports)轉會
转入 zhuǎn rù shift to轉入

zhuǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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