掉轉

掉轉

Chinese

		to drop; to fall	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (掉轉)		掉	轉
simp. (掉转)		掉	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàozhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ zyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diàozhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawjoan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàojhuǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂwän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ zyun²
    • Yale: diuh jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² t͡ʃyːn³⁵/

Verb

掉轉

1. to turn round

   掉轉槍口 / 掉转枪口  ―  diàozhuǎn qiāngkǒu  ―  to turn one's gun (against one's superiors or former colleagues)