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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
HSK 3
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
to pass on / to communicate / to transmit
HSK 4
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
to change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization
HSK 5
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
HSK 6
to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
HSK 6
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily / to stare
HSK 7-9
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
HSK 7-9
to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around
HSK 7-9
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
HSK 7-9
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
(to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
HSK 7-9
to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to convey / to communicate
HSK 7-9
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)
HSK 7-9
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to make a sudden turn
HSK 7-9
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
to shift / to transfer
torque arm
to migrate / to move house
(computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
revolving door
angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute
transfer desk / correspondence desk
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
a turntable
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
connecting flight
to turn around
lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
(electricity) rotor
to revolve; to rotate / to turn around; to turn back / to go back; to return / (skiing) slalom
to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
(of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis
(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful
to know all the ins and outs of sth / to get to know (a place) inside out
to get lost / to lose one's way
to transfer (one's savings, data etc) elsewhere for storage
reincarnation (Buddhism)
to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music)
to resell
to make a detour / to go by way of
to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
(of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3]
to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
axis of rotation
to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor
to change job or profession
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
to pass on a present
to turn back / to reverse
(linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
to transfer (money to a bank account)
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander
to change production / to move over to new products
to change (train or plane) / transfer / correspondence
axis of rotation
to turn right
to roll over / to turn over (one's body)
rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
to transfer to another club (professional sports)
to fight in one place after another
to pass on (stories) / to relate
to turn around
to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow
bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
to go for a stroll
to turn left
to sublet / to sublease
transferase (enzyme)
to pass on to
to spin / to rotate / to revolve
to change one's mind (idiom)
(telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer
orbital revolution
variant of 迴轉|回转
to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent
nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
to change profession
swivel chair / children's roundabout
sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转

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