Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 转


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Meaning

to turn, revolve, convey, transfer

Pronunciation

zhuǎn, zhuàn

Explanation

Left: vehicle (= cart with axle load-area and 2 wheels ), right: focused to a thing (The skier in the downhill-squat with poles in the hands is focussed.)

Mnemonic

In a vehicle you need to be focussed if you turn.

Radicals

vehicle(Simplified from . Shows a hand-cart from top: axle , loading area , two wheels . This sign is similar to the simplified east =.)
focussed, concentrated
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Vocabulary

转动 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate
转子 zhuàn zi rotor
周转 zhōu zhuǎn turnover (in cash or personnel); to have enough resources to cover a need
偏转 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)
扭转 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation)
转嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc); to transfer (blame, guilt); to pass the buck
转一趟 zhuàn yī tàng to go on a trip
旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
顺风转舵 shùn fēng zhuǎn duò to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
转徙 zhuǎn xǐ to migrate; to move house
辗转 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed; to pass through many hands or places


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