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HSK
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 change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization
HSK 5
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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 rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
HSK 5
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to convey / to communicate
HSK 7-9
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
to pass on / to communicate / to transmit
HSK 4
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
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
genetic modification
to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time
toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
(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 transliterate; to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
to forward (a letter, email, package etc)
axis of rotation
amino transferase (enzyme)
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to pass on; to relay
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
improvement / turnaround (for the better)
to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music)
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
a turntable
transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)
to shift one's eyes / (fig.) to shift one's attention / to divert attention
to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
(linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
tachometer / RPM gauge
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
to return / to go back
transfer student
turntable / rotary (traffic)
to go underground / to turn to secret activities
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
to convert; to reprocess; to turn (sth) into
to make a detour / to go by way of
to sublet / to sublease
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute
entrepot / transit (of goods) / (coll.) to deny / to go back on one's word
vehicle turn indicator light
to change job or profession
revolver (handgun)
transcription / to make a copy of a recording
converter / transducer
to turn to (sth else); to switch to
(electricity) rotor
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
to pass on to
to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
to quote from secondary source
to pass on / to resell / to change hands
turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator
to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
to transfer to another club (professional sports)
torque
converter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)
to roll over / to turn over (one's body)
to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
to delegate
rotary grindstone
to change profession
debit card
to go for a stroll
to change one's profession / to transfer to civilian work
to pass on (stories) / to relate
genetically modified (GM) food
rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
(telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer
relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
HSK 7-9
reincarnation (Buddhism)
change of rhyme (within a poem)
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
transposition / displacement / inversion / translocation / to displace / to transpose
index (rotating gauge) / cam gradation
steering wheel
rotary drum
to resell
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
transfer fee / signing bonus / sign-on bonus
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
to change production / to move over to new products
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character with meanings influenced by other words / sometimes called mutually explanatory character
to get lost / to lose one's way

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