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to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
HSK 6
to mix with others / to socialize / to deal with / to contend
HSK 7-9
melody
HSK 7-9
spiral / whirlpool / eddy / vortex
HSK 7-9
soon after / shortly
rotation / rotary motion
rotor sail
pronator teres muscle (below the elbow)
torsor (math.)
whirlwind somersault (in gymnastics or martial arts)
Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵, known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旋* | 旋* | *旋
to revolve / a loop / a circle
to return in triumph; to return victorious
spiral / helix / screw
to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit
whirlwind / tornado
knob (e.g. handle or radio button)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旋* | 旋* | *旋
to whirl / immediately / variant of 鏇|镟
to circle; to wheel; to go around
propeller
revolving door
spin ball
Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis
spiral stairs / winding stairs (gymnastic equipment)
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
triumphal arch
to return home
wood turning / woodwork lathe
to mediate (a conflict etc)
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
whirlwind kick (martial arts)
anticyclone
trouble is never far away (idiom)
to spiral
(bird species of China) Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
spiral nebula
rotating flow
(literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel)
to cycle
rotation of plane of polarization of light
lathe operator / spinning wheel worker
variant of 迴旋|回旋
screw jack
erhua variant of 打旋
hair whorl
(golf, tennis) undercut
(physics) cyclotron
traffic circle; rotary; roundabout
(bird species of China) Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor)
spiral algae / spirulina (dietary supplement)
fusilli (pasta)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
to revolve
lathe
Convolvulaceae, herbaceous plant family
(botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
a surface of revolution (math.)
rondo
turning force / torque
rotating platform / luggage carousel
barred spiral galaxy
canoe slalom
boomerang
leptospirosis
(sport) backspin
(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)
Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
(bird species of China) Sichuan treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis)
Turkish döner kebab
abyss
spiral galaxy
spiral-shaped
to curl up; to wind around
rotor wing
spiral arm
whirling dance
winding number
merry-go-round / carousel
pole of rotation
döner kebab
angle of rotation
rotational angular velocity
axis of rotation
spinor (math.)
rotor sluice gate
nuclear spin
cyclone
Youxuan, a kind of a pastry
eddy / vortex
quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics)
circumpolar vortex
(bird species of China) wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
(physics) spin (of a particle)
spiral
spiral surface
micrometer screw gauge; micrometer

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