旋 xuán

1. xuán verb to revolve
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 旋转 (Han Dian '旋' v 1; Kroll 2015 '旋' 1; Unihan '旋'; XHZD '旋' 1)
2. xuán verb to return
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 返回 (Han Dian '旋' v 3; Kroll 2015 '旋' 2; Unihan '旋'; XHZD '旋' 2)
3. xuán verb to detour; to circle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 旋 is synonymous with 绕行 (Han Dian '旋' v 5)
4. xuán verb to urinate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 旋 is synonymous with 小便 (Han Dian '旋' v 7; Kroll 2015 '旋' 6)
5. xuán noun a circle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 旋 is synonymous with 圆 (Han Dian '旋' n 1)
6. xuán noun a loop; a coil
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 旋 is synonymous with 圈儿 (Han Dian '旋' n 3; Kroll 2015 '旋' 1a)
7. xuán adverb immediately; quickly; soon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 旋 is synonymous with 立即 or 随即 (Han Dian '旋' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '旋' 3; XHZD '旋' 3)
8. xuán conjunction at the same time
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Han Dian '旋' conj)
9. xuán adjective gradually
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 旋 is synonymous with 逐渐 (Han Dian '旋' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '旋' 4)
10. xuán proper noun Xuan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Han Dian '旋' n 6; XHZD '旋' 4)
11. xuàn adjective revolving; rotating
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 旋转的 (XHZD '旋' xuàn 1)
12. xuàn adverb at the time needed; temporarily
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '旋' 2a; XHZD '旋' xuàn 2)

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• 旋涡星云(旋渦星雲) spiral nebula
• 盘旋(盤旋) to spiral ; to rotate ; to hesitate
• 打旋 to revolve
• 螺旋粉 fusilli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
• 旋转角(旋轉角) angle of rotation
• 旋涡状(旋渦狀) spiral-shaped
• 回旋余地(回旋餘地) leeway; latitude; room for freedom of action
• 旋光 rotation of plane of polarization of light
• 天旋地转(天旋地轉) the sky spins; the earth goes round; giddy with one's head spinning
• 旋转力(旋轉力) turning force; torque
• 旋渊(旋淵) abyss
• 旋量 spinor
• 旋筒 rotor; turbine
• 旋转球(旋轉球) spin ball
• 旋乾转坤(旋乾轉坤) overturning heaven and earth; earth-shattering; a radical change
• 螺旋桨(螺旋槳) propeller
• 幽门螺旋菌(幽門螺旋菌) Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 回旋 to spiral; to cycle around ; a cyclotron; a slalom ; to turn around ; to change
• 盘旋曲折(盤旋曲折) lit. windy and circuitous; difficult
• 红翅旋壁雀(紅翅旋壁雀) wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
• 旋工(鏇工) lathe operator; spinning wheel worker
• 螺旋藻 spiral algae; spirulina (dietary supplement)
• 旋木(鏇木) wood turning; woodwork lathe
• 螺旋形 spiral
• 周旋 to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
• 螺旋 a spiral; a helix; a screw
• 祸不旋踵(禍不旋踵) trouble is never far away
• 打旋儿(打旋兒) to revolve
• 旋覆花 convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
• 蜗旋(蝸旋) to spiral
• 旋木雀 Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
• 旋转极(旋轉極) pole of rotation
• 凯旋门(凱旋門) triumphal arch
• 旋闸(旋閘) rotor sluice gate
• 钩端螺旋体病(鉤端螺旋體病) leptospirosis
• 包氏螺旋体(包氏螺旋體) Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
• 锈红腹旋木雀(鏽紅腹旋木雀) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis)
• 旋床(鏇床) lathe
• 旋涡(旋渦) spiral; whirlpool; eddy; vortex
• 反气旋(反氣旋) anticyclone
• 旋绕(旋繞) to circumambulate
• 旋涡星系(旋渦星系) spiral galaxy
• 旋里 to return home
• 高山旋木雀 bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
• 迴旋 to circle around
• 旋螺 a spiral; a helix; a screw
• 发旋(髮旋) hair whorl
• 下旋 (sport) backspin
• 幽门螺旋杆菌(幽門螺旋桿菌) Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 旋即 soon after; shortly

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• 卷一百四十五 志7: 樂志下 Volume 145: Treatises 7 Music 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 15
• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
• 卷三十一　　　　志第二十一　　天文一 Volume 31 Treatises 25: Astronomy 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 14
• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 13
• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
• 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 11
• 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
• 卷三十五 志第十五: 天文上 Volume 35 Treatises 15: Astronomy 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 8
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8

Collocations

• 旋师 (旋師) 旋師南征 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan — count: 10
• 左旋 (左旋) 左旋右抽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧清人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qing Ren — count: 6
• 旋军 (旋軍) 旋軍廣農 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十三 蜀書十三 黃李呂馬王張傳 Volume 43: Book of Shu 13 - Biographies of Huang, Li, Lü, Ma, Wang, and Zhang — count: 6
• 旋时 (旋時) 曾不旋時 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du — count: 5
• 旋逆 (旋逆) 旋逆 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three — count: 4
• 天旋 (天旋) 壁壘天旋 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 3
• 旋轸 (旋軫) 今鑾駕旋軫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十 鄭孔荀列傳 Volume 70: Biographies of Zheng, Kong, Xun — count: 3
• 旋中 (旋中) 折旋中矩 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
• 旋玑 (旋璣) 旋璣玉衡以齊七政 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《律書》 Bells — count: 3
• 旋日 (旋日) 子孫之福不旋日而至 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十五 眭兩夏侯京翼李傳 Volume 75: Sui, two Xiahous, Jing, Ji and Li — count: 3