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Translingual
Han character
轉 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十十十戈戈 (JJJII), four-corner 55043, composition ⿰車專)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1248, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38507
- Dae Jaweon: page 1726, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3552, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8F49
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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竱
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*toːn, *tjonʔ
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團
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*doːn
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摶
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*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
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篿
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*doːn, *tjon
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慱
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*doːn
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剸
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*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
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鄟
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*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
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漙
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*doːn
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鷒
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*doːn, *tjon
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轉
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*tonʔ, *tons
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傳
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*tons, *don, *dons
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囀
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*tons
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縳
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*donʔ, *dons
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專
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*tjon
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磚
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*tjon
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甎
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*tjon
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塼
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*tjon
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嫥
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*tjon
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膞
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*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
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鱄
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*tjon, *tjonʔ
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蓴
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*djun
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *tonʔ, *tons) : semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).
Etymology
Possibly related to:
An allofam is perhaps *don (“round”). Compare Vietnamese tròn (“round; circle; entire; whole”), trọn (“fully; completely; all”), as well as the following Chinese words:
- 團 (OC *doːn, “ball; circle; lump”),
- 摶 (OC *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ, “to roll up into a ball”).
Derivative: 傳 (OC *tons, *don, *dons, “to relay; to pass on; to transfer; relay station; biography; record”).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- zyun2 - literary;
- zyun3 - vernacular.
- Gan
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- tńg, túiⁿ - vernacular (“to revolve; to change; to change position; to return; to mediate; to transfer the ownership (Mainland China); to circulate capital”);
- choán - literary.
Note:
- deng2 - vernacular (“to return”);
- zuêng2/zuang2 - literary (zuêng2 - Chaozhou).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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轉
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轉
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhuǎn
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zhuǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trjwenX ›
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‹ trjwenX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mə-tronʔ/
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/*tronʔ/
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English
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turn around, transfer
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輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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轉
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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17674
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Phonetic component
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專
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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轉
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Old Chinese
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/*tonʔ/
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Definitions
轉
- (transitive) to turn; to revolve
- to wind; to entwine
- winding; circuitous
- (transitive) to change; to shift; to alter
- 轉換/转换 ― zhuǎnhuàn ― to change
- 轉大人/转大人 [Hokkien] ― tńg tāi-jîn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to become an adult
- 轉敗為勝/转败为胜 ― zhuǎn bài wèi shèng ― to turn defeat into victory
- to change direction; to turn
- (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to return; to come or go back
- 轉來/转来 [Shanghainese] ― 5tsoe-le [Wugniu] ― to come back; to return
- 轉去/转去 [Shanghainese] ― 5tsoe-chi [Wugniu] ― to go back; to return
- (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
Usage notes
The Cantonese reading 'zyun2' bears the meaning "to turn, transfer" whereas the reading 'zyun3' means "to revolve".
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”)
Dialectal synonyms of
回 (“to return; to come/go back”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Note:
- zyun6 - hair whorl;
- zyun2 - literary.
Note:
- choàn - literary;
- tńg/túiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
- zuêng2 - Chaozhou;
- zuang2 - Shantou.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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轉
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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17675
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Phonetic component
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專
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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囀
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Old Chinese
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/*tons/
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Definitions
轉
- (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
假日到河灘上轉轉,看見許多孩子在放風箏。 [MSC, trad.]
假日到河滩上转转,看见许多孩子在放风筝。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 李恆瑞, 風箏暢想曲
- Jiàrì dào hétān shàng zhuànzhuan, kànjiàn xǔduō háizi zài fàng fēngzheng.
- At the holiday, I went strolling on the riverbank where I saw some kids flying kites.
- Alternative form of 囀/啭 (zhuàn, “to chirp; to warble; to chirrup”)
- (music) RPM
- 78轉黑膠/78转黑胶 ― 78 zhuàn hēijiāo ― 78 RPM record
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
髮旋 (“hair whorl; crown of the head”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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髮旋
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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旋兒
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Harbin
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旋兒
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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旋兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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旋兒, 頭髮旋兒
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Xi'an
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旋
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Xining
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旋, 頭髮旋兒
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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旋
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Ürümqi
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旋兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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旋兒
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Chongqing
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旋兒
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Guiyang
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旋
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Kunming
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頂
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Liuzhou
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旋
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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轉
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Hong Kong
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轉
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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轉
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Macau
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頭髮轉
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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頭髮轉
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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轉
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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轉
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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轉
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Foshan
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轉
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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轉
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Foshan (Shunde)
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轉
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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轉
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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轉
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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頭髮轉
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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頭髮轉
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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頭轉
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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頭轉
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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頭轉
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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轉
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Taishan
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旋
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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頂
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Enping (Niujiang)
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串
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Heshan (Yayao)
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頭髮轉
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Dongguan
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腦殼轉
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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頭轉
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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轉
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Gan
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Nanchang
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旋
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Lichuan
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旋兒
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Pingxiang
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旋
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Hakka
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Meixian
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旋
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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旋
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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㾭禾旋
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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旋
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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頭那毛轉
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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旋
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Wengyuan
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旋
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Liannan
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旋
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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旋
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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毛旋
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Changting
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旋
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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旋
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Ninghua
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旋
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Ningdu
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腦頂
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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旋
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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旋
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Dayu
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旋
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Hong Kong
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旋
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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旋
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Luchuan
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旋
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Senai (Huiyang)
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旋
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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旋
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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旋
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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旋
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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旋
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Quanzhou
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旋
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Yongchun
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旋
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Zhangzhou
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旋
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Taipei
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旋
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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旋
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Kaohsiung
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旋
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Yilan
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旋
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Changhua (Lukang)
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旋
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Taichung
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旋
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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旋
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Tainan
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旋
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Taitung
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旋
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Hsinchu
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旋
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Kinmen
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旋
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Penghu (Magong)
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旋
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Manila (Hokkien)
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旋
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Shantou
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旋
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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旋
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Jieyang
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旋
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Haifeng
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旋
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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旋
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Haikou
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淵
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Wu
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Shanghai
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頭腡, 旋腡, 腡
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Hangzhou
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旋
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Ningbo
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旋
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Jinhua
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旋
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Xiang
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Changsha
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旋
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Loudi
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旋
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Hengyang
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旋
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Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
轉
- (Mandarin, colloquial) Alternative form of 拽 (“to act pretentiously; to show off”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
轉
- (Min) to twist with force or with a tool
References
Japanese
Kanji
轉
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 転)
- (to) shift
- (to) move
- (to) turn
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 轉 (MC trjwenX|trjwenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎐〯 (tyěn) (Yale: tyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
轉 (eumhun 구를 전 (gureul jeon))
- hanja form? of 전 (“(to) turn; (to) move”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 공전 (公轉, gongjeon)
- 급전 (急轉, geupjeon)
- 반전 (反轉, banjeon)
- 역전 (逆轉, yeokjeon)
- 운전 (運轉, unjeon)
- 이전 (移轉, ijeon)
- 자전 (自轉, jajeon)
- 전가 (轉嫁, jeon'ga)
- 전락 (轉落, jeollak)
- 전송 (轉送, jeonsong)
- 전이 (轉移, jeoni)
- 전임 (轉任, jeonim)
- 전입 (轉入, jeonip)
- 전학 (轉學, jeonhak)
- 전향 (轉向, jeonhyang)
- 전환 (轉換, jeonhwan)
- 호전 (好轉, hojeon)
- 회전 (回轉, hoejeon)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
轉: Hán Nôm readings: chuyển, chuyên, chuyền, chuyến
- (to) shift
- (to) move
- (to) turn
References