转 (轉) zhuǎn

1. zhuǎn verb to transmit; to convey; to forward (mail)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 转运 (CCD zhuǎn '转' 2; GHDC 1 '转' 1; Unihan '轉')
2. zhuàn verb to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Direction 方向
   Notes: (CCD zhuàn '转' 1; FE '轉' 1; Unihan '轉')
3. zhuàn measure word a revolution
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD zhuàn '转' 3)
4. zhuǎn verb to transmit; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift; to turn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Archaic variant of modern traditional 轉
5. zhuǎn verb to turn; to rotate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD zhuǎn '转' 1; GHDC 1 '转' 5; Unihan '轉')
6. zhuǎi verb to use many literary allusions
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD zhuǎi '转')
7. zhuǎn verb to transfer
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of transferring a position or responsibility (GHDC 1 '转' 4)

Contained in

• 核转变(核轉變) nuclear transformation; nuclear transmutation
• 拨转(撥轉) to turn; to turn around; to transfer (funds etc)
• 转生(轉生) reincarnation; transmigration
• 法轮常转(法輪常轉) the Wheel turns constantly; Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
• 旋转台(旋轉台) rotating platform; luggage carousel
• 转圜(轉圜) to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
• 转移阵地(轉移陣地) to move one's base (of operations); to reposition; to relocate
• 偏转(偏轉) deflection ; deviation (away from a straight line)
• 转捩(轉捩) to turn
• 转移(轉移) to shift; to divert; to migrate ; to change; to transform
• 转道(轉道) to make a detour; to go by way of
• 转达(轉達) to convey; to communicate
• 电视转播(電視轉播) TV relay; to broadcast
• 折转(折轉) reflex (angle); to turn back ; reflex (angle); to turn back
• 转变(轉變) to change; to transform
• 转蛋(轉蛋) toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
• 转引(轉引) to quote from secondary source
• 转速表(轉速錶) tachometer; RPM gauge
• 转行(轉行) to change profession
• 转筋(轉筋) muscle cramp
• 转纽(轉紐) organ stop
• 转变立场(轉變立場) to change positions; to shift one's ground
• 流转(流轉) to be on the move; to roam or wander ; to spread ; to circulate ; to gradually disappear; to fade away
• 转给(轉給) to pass on to
• 转授(轉授) to delegate
• 回转寿司(回轉壽司) conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
• 玩儿不转(玩兒不轉) can't handle it; can't find any way; not up to the task
• 转机(轉機) to take a turn for the better
• 注意转移(注意轉移) attention shift
• 转面无情(轉面無情) to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy; to turn against a friend
• 辗转不寐(輾轉不寐) to toss and turn without sleeping
• 复转(復轉) to demobilize; to transfer to other tasks (of troops)
• 顺风转舵(順風轉舵) to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
• 转租(轉租) to sublet; to sublease
• 转矩(轉矩) torque
• 转向信号(轉向信號) turn signal (auto.); turning indicator
• 转院(轉院) to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital; to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)
• 转塔(轉塔) rotating turret
• 数模转换器(數模轉換器) digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
• 转换断层(轉換斷層) transform fault
• 转车台(轉車台) a turntable
• 转向灯(轉向燈) vehicle turn indicator light
• 转会(轉會) to transfer to another club (professional sports)
• 转寄(轉寄) to forward
• 见风转舵(見風轉舵) see the wind and set the helm; to act pragmatically
• 玩儿得转(玩兒得轉) can handle it; up to the task
• 运转(運轉) to revolve; to turn around; to follow a path ; for luck to change
• 背转(背轉) to turn away; to turn one's back to; (gymnastics etc) backspin
• 右转(右轉) to turn right

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转喻 、 同品一分转异品遍转不定过

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• 卷一百六十九 志第一百二十二 職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 258
• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 112
• 卷三十五 志第十一 曆五 Volume 35 Treatises 11: Calendar 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 87
• 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 81
• 卷一百五十八 志第一百十一 選舉四 Volume 158 Treatises 111: Selection and appointment of Officials 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 77
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 60
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 58
• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 57
• 卷七十二 志第二十五 律曆五 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Measures and Calendar 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 53
• 卷八十二　志第三十二: 　選舉二 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 52

Collocations

• 转漕 (轉漕) 老弱罷轉漕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 7
• 转输 (轉輸) 轉輸不至 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 6
• 转败 (轉敗) 轉敗而爲功 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 转祸 (轉禍) 轉禍以為福 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二 臣術 Chapter 2: The Art of the Statesman — count: 5
• 转攻 (轉攻) 而轉攻秦 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 4
• 转毂 (轉轂) 車不及轉轂 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 3
• 胡转 (胡轉) 胡轉予于恤 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧祈父 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming — count: 3
• 罢转 (罷轉) 老弱罷轉漕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3
• 时转 (時轉) 法與時轉則治 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 心度第五十四 Chapter 54: The Mind of the People — count: 3
• 老弱转 (老弱轉) 君之民老弱轉乎溝壑 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 3