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)

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• 可转让(可轉讓) transferable; negotiable
• 转校(轉校) to transfer (school)
• 转辗反侧(轉輾反側) to toss and turn restlessly [in bed]
• 转载(轉載) to forward (a shipment); to reproduce (a printed work, etc)
• 转送(轉送) transfer
• 土耳其旋转烤肉(土耳其旋轉烤肉) Turkish döner kebab
• 由盛转衰(由盛轉衰) from prosperity to decline; at its peak before the decline
• 转账卡(轉賬卡) debit card
• 旋乾转坤(旋乾轉坤) overturning heaven and earth; earth-shattering; a radical change
• 承转(承轉) to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
• 转机(轉機) to take a turn for the better
• 转世(轉世) reincarnation; transmigration
• 转道(轉道) to make a detour; to go by way of
• 转距(轉距) torque
• 旋转球(旋轉球) spin ball
• 辗转难忘(輾轉難忘) to turn something over in one's mind and not be able to forget it
• 偏转(偏轉) deflection ; deviation (away from a straight line)
• 转剧(轉劇) becoming acute; to exacerbate
• 转义(轉義) transferred meaning
• 转卖(轉賣) to resell
• 转浑天仪(轉渾天儀) armillary sphere
• 转移安置(轉移安置) to relocate; to evacuate
• 转而(轉而) to turn to (sth else); to switch to
• 周转不灵(周轉不靈) to have a cash flow problem
• 闪转腾挪(閃轉騰挪) to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
• 转氨基酶(轉氨基酶) amino transferase (enzyme)
• 转寄(轉寄) to forward
• 转移阵地(轉移陣地) to move one's base (of operations); to reposition; to relocate
• 转圜(轉圜) to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
• 轸转(軫轉) roll ; to tune a string instrument
• 团团转(團團轉) to go round and round; running around in circles; frantically busy
• 转抵(轉抵) to convert; to exchange
• 珠流璧转(珠流璧轉) pearl flows, jade moves on; the passage of time; water under the bridge
• 粉转黑(粉轉黑) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor
• 转写(轉寫) to transmit; to pass on written message ; transliterate
• 见风转舵(見風轉舵) see the wind and set the helm; to act pragmatically
• 转头(轉頭) nutation
• 转行(轉行) to change profession
• 转生(轉生) reincarnation; transmigration
• 连轴转(連軸轉) to continuously revolve; to work non-stop; to work around the clock
• 核转变(核轉變) nuclear transformation; nuclear transmutation
• 转徙(轉徙) to migrate; to move house
• 旋转运动(旋轉運動) rotation; rotary motion
• 急转(急轉) to whirl; to turn around quickly
• 转关系(轉關係) to transfer (from one unit to another)
• 转入(轉入) to change over to; to shift to
• 轮转机(輪轉機) merry-go-round
• 折转(折轉) reflex (angle); to turn back ; reflex (angle); to turn back
• 转盘(轉盤) turntable; rotary (traffic)
• 时来运转(時來運轉) the time comes, fortune turns; to have a lucky break; things change for the better

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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
• 转击 (轉擊) 轉擊臨江 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 3
• 转予 (轉予) 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
• 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
• 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
• 胡转 (鬍轉) 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