转
折

Shift in the trend of events in Chinese: 转折 (zhuǎn zhé)

zhuǎn zhé

shift in the trend of events

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 轉折1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1shift in the trend of events
  2. 2turnaround
  3. 3plot shift in a book
  4. 4turn in the conversation

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转
折

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄢˇ

zhuǎn

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄓㄜˊ

zhé

ㄓ/ zhㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

转折

Simplified

轉折

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他的人生出现了重大转折。

    tā de rén shēng chū xiàn le zhòng dà zhuǎn zhé。

    His life took a major turn.

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Related words

转

zhuǎn

to turn

折

zhé

to break

打折

dǎ zhé

to give a discount

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)

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