旋
转

To rotate in Chinese: 旋转 (xuán zhuǎn)

xuán zhuǎn

to rotate

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 旋轉1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to rotate
  2. 2to revolve
  3. 3to spin
  4. 4to whirl

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旋
转

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩㄢˊ

xuán

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄓㄨㄢˇ

zhuǎn

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

旋转

Simplified

旋轉

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 地球绕着太阳不停地旋转。

    dì qiú rào zhe tài yáng bù tíng dì xuán zhuǎn。

    The Earth revolves around the sun without stopping.

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Related words

转

zhuǎn

to turn

转变

zhuǎn biàn

to change

转告

zhuǎn gào

to pass on

转动

zhuàn dòng

to rotate (about an axis)

转身

zhuǎn shēn

(of a person) to turn round

转弯

zhuǎn wān

to turn

转移

zhuǎn yí

to shift

转化

zhuǎn huà

to change

转换

zhuǎn huàn

to change

转让

zhuǎn ràng

to transfer (ownership, rights etc)

转向

zhuǎn xiàng

to change direction

好转

hǎo zhuǎn

to improve

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