轉

See also: 転 and 转

轉	U+8F49, 轉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F49

← 轈
[U+8F48]

CJK Unified Ideographs

轊 →
[U+8F4A]

Translingual

Traditional	轉
Shinjitai	転
Simplified	转

Han character

轉 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十十十戈戈 (JJJII), four-corner 5504₃, composition ⿰車專)

Derived characters

囀(𫝚/啭), 𡤛, 𮁗, 𮎀, 𩧜

Related characters

転 (Japanese shinjitai)
转 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 1248, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38507
Dae Jaweon: page 1726, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3552, character 4
Unihan data for U+8F49

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 轉
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (專) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
竱	toːn, tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	doːn, doːn, *donʔ
篿	doːn, tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	doːn, tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	doːn, tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	doːn, tjon
轉	tonʔ, tons
傳	tons, don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	donʔ, dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	tjon, tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	tjon, tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tonʔ, *tons) : semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Etymology

Possibly related to:

Old Tibetan འདྲུལ ('drul, “to transmit; to communicate”) (Schuessler, 2007), or
Tibetan སྲུལ (srul, “to move to and fro; to stir”), Burmese ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move; to be displaced”), ရွှေ့ (hrwe., “to move or shift something”) (Starostin).

An allofam is perhaps *don (“round”). Compare Vietnamese tròn (“round; circle; entire; whole”), trọn (“fully; completely; all”), as well as the following Chinese words:

團 (OC *doːn, “ball; circle; lump”),
摶 (OC *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ, “to roll up into a ball”).

Derivative: 傳 (OC *tons, *don, *dons, “to relay; to pass on; to transfer; relay station; biography; record”).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		轉
simp.		转
alternative forms		返 (tńg/túiⁿ) Hokkien

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuǎn (zhuan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ
(Chengdu, SP): zuan³
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun², zyun³
Gan (Wiktionary): zon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chón
(Meixian, Guangdong): zon³
Min Dong (BUC): diōng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tńg / túiⁿ / choán
(Teochew, Peng'im): deng² / zuêng² / zuang²
Wu (Wiktionary): tsoe (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chuan³
  - Yale: jwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joan
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwän²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suan⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun², zyun³
  - Yale: jyún, jyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn², dzyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun², jun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn³⁵/, /t͡ʃyːn³³/

Note:

zyun2 - literary;
zyun3 - vernacular.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chón
  - Hakka Romanization System: zon`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zon³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡son³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zon³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg
  - Tâi-lô: tńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngr
  - IPA (Singapore): /tŋ̍⁴²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /tŋ̍⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Kinmen): /tŋ̍⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: túiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tuínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /tuĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /tuĩ⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán
  - Tâi-lô: tsuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoarn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴¹/

Note:

tńg, túiⁿ - vernacular (“to return”);
choán - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: deng² / zuêng² / zuang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ́ng / tsuéng / tsuáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯŋ⁵²/, /t͡sueŋ⁵²/, /t͡suaŋ⁵²/

Note:

deng2 - vernacular (“to return”);
zuêng2/zuang2 - literary (zuêng2 - Chaozhou).

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsoe (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sø³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiuᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	轉
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟兖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈwian^X/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛn^X/
Wang Li	/ȶĭwɛn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tronʔ/, /*tronʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*tonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	轉	轉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuǎn	zhuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ trjwen^X ›	‹ trjwen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-tronʔ/	/*tronʔ/
English	turn around, transfer	輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轉
Reading #	1/2
No.	17674
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	轉
Old Chinese	/*tonʔ/

Definitions

轉

(transitive) to turn; to revolve
to wind; to entwine
winding; circuitous
(transitive) to change; to shift; to alter
轉換／转换 ― zhuǎnhuàn ― to change
轉大人／转大人 [Hokkien] ― tńg tōa-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to become an adult
轉敗為勝／转败为胜 ― zhuǎn bài wèi shèng ― to turn defeat into victory
to change direction; to turn
(Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to return; to come or go back
轉來／转来 [Shanghainese] ― [t͡sø³³ le̞⁴⁴] [IPA] ― to come back; to return
轉去／转去 [Shanghainese] ― [t͡sø³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴] [IPA] ― to go back; to return
(Wu) to think; to contemplate; to turn over in one's mind
(Min Nan) to mediate; to reconcile
(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) Classifier for times or round trips.
to change position; to move
to wave; to flutter
to divert; to transfer
to evade; to avoid
to be transferred to another post
to sell; to transfer the ownership
to transport; to relay; to carry in a cart
to discard; to abandon
to leave; to depart
to chant; to utter (spell); to recite
a surname

Synonyms

(to change direction):

Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		轉, 拐
Mandarin	Beijing	拐
	Taiwan	轉
	Malaysia	轉
	Singapore	轉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Macau	轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
	Penang (Guangfu)	轉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	轉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斡
Min Nan	Xiamen	斡
	Quanzhou	斡
	Zhangzhou	斡
	Tainan	斡
	Penang (Hokkien)	彎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	斡
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡
	Chaozhou	斡
	Shantou	斡

(to return):

Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回, 返回, 回歸
Mandarin	Beijing	回
	Taiwan	回
	Chengdu	轉, 回
	Malaysia	回
	Singapore	回
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返
	Hong Kong	返
	Macau	返
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	返
	Taishan	返
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	返
	Singapore (Guangfu)	返
Hakka	Meixian	轉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉
	Kuching (Hepo)	轉
Min Dong	Fuzhou	轉
Min Dong	Singapore (Fuqing)	轉
Min Nan	Xiamen	轉, 倒
	Quanzhou	轉
	Zhangzhou	轉
	Zhao'an	轉
	Taipei	轉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	轉
	Kaohsiung	轉
	Yilan	轉
	Changhua (Lukang)	轉
	Taichung	轉
	Tainan	轉
	Hsinchu	轉
	Kinmen	轉
	Penghu (Magong)	轉
	Penang (Hokkien)	轉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轉
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	轉
	Shantou	轉
	Haifeng	轉
	Singapore (Teochew)	轉
	Wenchang	轉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	轉
Wu	Ningbo	回, 轉 rare

Compounds

Derived terms from 轉

一轉眼／一转眼
一轉語／一转语
三回九轉／三回九转
三回五轉／三回五转
三回兩轉／三回两转
三轉身／三转身
九轉丹／九转丹
九轉金丹／九转金丹
二人轉／二人转 (èrrénzhuàn)
倒轉／倒转 (dàozhuǎn)
偏轉／偏转
偏轉軛／偏转轭
傳真存轉／传真存转
兌轉／兑转
兜得轉／兜得转
內轉／内转
兩面轉圜／两面转圜
別轉／别转
動轉／动转
十轉九空／十转九空
千迴百轉／千回百转
反轉／反转 (fǎnzhuǎn)
右轉／右转 (yòuzhuǎn)
周轉／周转
周轉不靈／周转不灵
哀腸百轉／哀肠百转
回心轉意／回心转意 (huíxīnzhuǎnyì)
回船轉舵／回船转舵
回轉／回转 (huízhuǎn)
回黃轉綠／回黄转绿
型別轉換／型别转换
大寬轉／大宽转
大轉彎／大转弯
天旋地轉／天旋地转 (tiānxuándìzhuǎn)
天旋日轉／天旋日转
好轉／好转 (hǎozhuǎn)
婉轉／婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
宛轉／宛转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
宛轉周折／宛转周折
實況轉播／实况转播
寬轉／宽转
尋村轉疃／寻村转疃
對轉／对转 (duìzhuǎn)
展轉／展转
展轉反側／展转反侧
峰迴路轉／峰回路转 (fēnghuílùzhuǎn)
左轉／左转 (zuǒzhuǎn)
心回意轉／心回意转
心意回轉／心意回转
急轉彎／急转弯 (jízhuǎnwān)
急轉直下／急转直下 (jízhuǎnzhíxià)
愁腸九轉／愁肠九转
意轉心回／意转心回
打寬轉／打宽转
扭轉／扭转 (niǔzhuǎn)
扭轉乾坤／扭转乾坤
扭轉頹勢／扭转颓势
批轉／批转
承轉／承转
抄轉／抄转
指定轉接／指定转接
掇轉／掇转
掉轉／掉转 (diàozhuǎn)
掉轉頭／掉转头
推轉／推转
擗轉／擗转
支轉／支转
斗杓轉勢／斗杓转势
斗轉參橫／斗转参横
斗轉星移／斗转星移 (dǒuzhuǎnxīngyí)
旁轉／旁转
旋乾轉坤／旋乾转坤
旋轉／旋转 (xuánzhuǎn)
旋轉乾坤／旋转乾坤
旋轉球／旋转球
旋轉餐廳／旋转餐厅
旋轉體／旋转体 (xuánzhuǎntǐ)
星移斗轉／星移斗转
時來運轉／时来运转 (shíláiyùnzhuǎn)
暗轉／暗转 (ànzhuǎn)
更轉一竿／更转一竿
東轉西晃／东转西晃
油回磨轉／油回磨转
流轉／流转 (liúzhuǎn)
漕轉／漕转
目不轉睛／目不转睛 (mù bù zhuǎn jīng)
目不轉視／目不转视
看風轉舵／看风转舵
眴轉／眴转

磨轉／磨转
租稅轉嫁／租税转嫁
移轉／移转 (yízhuǎn)
移轉支付／移转支付
稻田轉作／稻田转作
繚轉／缭转
翻轉／翻转 (fānzhuǎn)
肚轉腸鳴／肚转肠鸣
苟弟轉酷／苟弟转酷
萍飄蓬轉／萍飘蓬转
蓬轉／蓬转
衛星轉播／卫星转播
見風轉篷／见风转篷
見風轉舵／见风转舵 (jiànfēngzhuǎnduò)
調轉／调转 (diàozhuǎn)
買轉／买转
起承轉合／起承转合 (qǐchéngzhuǎnhé)
踅轉／踅转
輪轉／轮转 (lúnzhuǎn)
輾轉／辗转 (zhǎnzhuǎn)
輾轉不寐／辗转不寐
輾轉反側／辗转反侧 (zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè)
輾轉相傳／辗转相传
轉世／转世 (zhuǎnshì)
轉世投胎／转世投胎
轉丸／转丸
轉交／转交 (zhuǎnjiāo)
轉任／转任
轉伸／转伸
轉作／转作
轉來／转来 (zhuǎnlái)
轉依／转依
轉側／转侧
轉側不安／转侧不安
轉入／转入 (zhuǎnrù)
轉包／转包 (zhuǎnbāo)
轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
轉化作用／转化作用
轉化爐／转化炉
轉化酶／转化酶
轉印／转印
轉印紙／转印纸
轉危為安／转危为安 (zhuǎnwēiwéi'ān)
轉口／转口
轉口稅／转口税
轉口貿易／转口贸易
轉告／转告 (zhuǎngào)
轉售／转售
轉圜／转圜 (zhuǎnhuán)
轉型／转型 (zhuǎnxíng)
轉型期／转型期
轉嫁／转嫁 (zhuǎnjià)
轉學／转学 (zhuǎnxué)
轉帳／转帐
轉帳交易／转帐交易
轉彎子／转弯子
轉彎抹角／转弯抹角
轉役／转役
轉徙／转徙
轉念／转念 (zhuǎnniàn)
轉悲為喜／转悲为喜
轉愁為喜／转愁为喜
轉意回心／转意回心
轉憂成喜／转忧成喜
轉憂為喜／转忧为喜
轉戰／转战 (zhuǎnzhàn)
轉戰千里／转战千里
轉手／转手 (zhuǎnshǒu)
轉投資／转投资
轉折／转折 (zhuǎnzhé)
轉折親／转折亲
轉折點／转折点 (zhuǎnzhédiǎn)
轉捩點／转捩点 (zhuǎnlièdiǎn)
轉接／转接 (zhuǎnjiē)
轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
轉換器／转换器 (zhuǎnhuànqì)
轉換基金／转换基金
轉播／转播 (zhuǎnbō)
轉播站／转播站
轉敗為功／转败为功
轉敗為勝／转败为胜
轉文／转文
轉日回天／转日回天
轉椅／转椅
轉業／转业 (zhuǎnyè)
轉機／转机 (zhuǎnjī)
轉檯／转台
轉正／转正 (zhuǎnzhèng)

轉死溝壑／转死沟壑
轉死溝渠／转死沟渠
轉注／转注 (zhuǎnzhù)
轉漏／转漏
轉漕／转漕
轉灣抹角／转湾抹角
轉災為福／转灾为福
轉燭／转烛
轉珠繩子／转珠绳子
轉生／转生 (zhuǎnshēng)
轉發／转发 (zhuǎnfā)
轉盼／转盼
轉盼多情／转盼多情
轉看轉好／转看转好
轉眼／转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn)
轉眼之間／转眼之间
轉瞬／转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)
轉禍為福／转祸为福
轉租／转租 (zhuǎnzū)
轉移／转移 (zhuǎnyí)
轉移視線／转移视线
轉筋／转筋 (zhuànjīn)
轉糧／转粮
轉系／转系
轉背／转背
轉臉／转脸
轉臺／转台
轉舵／转舵
轉花兒／转花儿
轉蓬／转蓬
轉行／转行 (zhuǎnháng)
轉角／转角 (zhuǎnjiǎo)
轉託／转托
轉診／转诊 (zhuǎnzhěn)
轉話／转话
轉語／转语
轉調／转调 (zhuǎndiào)
轉讀／转读
轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
轉讓／转让 (zhuǎnràng)
轉賣／转卖 (zhuǎnmài)
轉贈／转赠 (zhuǎnzèng)
轉赴／转赴
轉踏／转踏
轉身／转身 (zhuǎnshēn)
轉車／转车 (zhuǎnchē)
轉載／转载 (zhuǎnzǎi)
轉載稿／转载稿
轉輪／转轮
轉輪聖王／转轮圣王
轉輾反側／转辗反侧
轉轂／转毂
轉轉相因／转转相因
轉轍／转辙
轉轍器／转辙器
轉述／转述 (zhuǎnshù)
轉送／转送 (zhuǎnsòng)
轉速／转速 (zhuànsù)
轉速計／转速计
轉速錶／转速表 (zhuǎnsùbiǎo)
轉進／转进 (zhuǎnjìn)
轉進作戰／转进作战
轉運／转运 (zhuǎnyùn)
轉運使／转运使
轉運站／转运站
轉道／转道
轉達／转达 (zhuǎndá)
轉錄／转录 (zhuǎnlù)
轉關兒／转关儿
轉韻／转韵
轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu)
轉風／转风
轉首／转首
轉鬥千里／转斗千里
農轉非／农转非
迴環轉折／回环转折
迴轉／回转 (huízhuǎn)
迴轉儀／回转仪
逆轉／逆转 (nìzhuǎn)
運轉／运转 (yùnzhuǎn)
鈞旋轂轉／钧旋毂转
陰陽對轉／阴阳对转
隨風轉舵／随风转舵
順風轉舵／顺风转舵
風流婉轉／风流婉转
飛砂轉石／飞砂转石
飛米轉芻／飞米转刍
飛芻轉餉／飞刍转饷

Pronunciation 2

trad.		轉
simp.		转

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuàn (zhuan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ
(Chengdu, SP): zuan⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun³, zyun⁶, zyun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chon
Min Dong (BUC): diōng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): choàn / tńg / túiⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): zuêng² / zuang²
Wu (Wiktionary): tsoe (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chuan⁴
  - Yale: jwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zuan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suan²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun³, zyun⁶, zyun²
  - Yale: jyun, jyuhn, jyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn³, dzyn⁶, dzyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun³, jun⁶, jun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn³³/, /t͡ʃyːn²²/, /t͡ʃyːn³⁵/

Note:

zyun6 - hair whorl;
zyun2 - literary.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chon
  - Hakka Romanization System: zon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡son⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg
  - Tâi-lô: tńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: túiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tuínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuĩ⁵³/

Note:

choàn - literary;
tńg/túiⁿ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuêng² / zuang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuéng / tsuáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sueŋ⁵²/, /t͡suaŋ⁵²/

Note:

zuêng2 - Chaozhou;
zuang2 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsoe (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sø³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiuᴇn^H/

Rime
Character	轉
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	知戀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈwian^H/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ȶĭwɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轉
Reading #	2/2
No.	17675
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	囀
Old Chinese	/*tons/

Definitions

轉

(intransitive) to revolve; to rotate; to turn
revolution; rotation; turn
(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min, dialectal Wu) hair whorl
number of times; time
to wind around; to go around; bypass
to lose (way); to get lost
(colloquial) to stroll; to saunter; to amble; to wander
- 假日到河灘上轉轉，看見許多孩子在放風箏。 [MSC, trad.]
  假日到河滩上转转，看见许多孩子在放风筝。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 李恆瑞, 風箏暢想曲
  Jiàrì dào hétān shàng zhuànzhuan, kànjiàn xǔduō háizi zài fàng fēngzheng. [Pinyin]
  At the holiday, I went strolling on the riverbank where I saw some kids flying kites.
Alternative form of 囀／啭 (zhuàn, “to chirp; to warble; to chirrup”).
(music) RPM
78轉黑膠／78转黑胶 ― 78 zhuàn hēijiāo ― 78 RPM record

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 髮旋 (“hair whorl; crown of the head”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		髮旋
Mandarin	Beijing	旋兒
	Harbin	旋兒
	Jinan	旋兒
	Luoyang	旋兒, 頭髮旋兒
	Xi'an	旋
	Yinchuan	旋
	Xining	旋, 頭髮旋兒
	Ürümqi	旋兒
	Chengdu	旋兒
	Chongqing	旋兒
	Guiyang	旋
	Kunming	頂
	Liuzhou	旋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	轉
	Macau	頭髮轉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭髮轉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	轉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	轉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	轉
	Foshan	轉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	轉
	Foshan (Shunde)	轉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	轉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	轉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭髮轉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	頭髮轉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	頭轉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭轉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭轉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	轉
	Taishan	旋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頂
	Enping (Niujiang)	串
	Heshan (Yayao)	頭髮轉
	Dongguan	腦殼轉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
Gan	Nanchang	旋
	Lichuan	旋兒
	Pingxiang	旋
Hakka	Meixian	旋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	旋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	㾭禾旋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	旋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	頭那毛轉
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	旋
	Wengyuan	旋
	Liannan	旋
	Conghua (Lütian)	旋
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	毛旋
	Changting	旋
	Wuping (Yanqian)	旋
	Ninghua	旋
	Ningdu	腦頂
	Tonggu (Sandu)	旋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	旋
	Dayu	旋
	Hong Kong	旋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	旋
	Luchuan	旋
	Senai (Huiyang)	旋
Huizhou	Jixi	旋
Min Bei	Jian'ou	旋
Min Nan	Xiamen	旋
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	旋
	Quanzhou	旋
	Yongchun	旋
	Zhangzhou	旋
	Taipei	旋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	旋
	Kaohsiung	旋
	Yilan	旋
	Changhua (Lukang)	旋
	Taichung	旋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	旋
	Tainan	旋
	Taitung	旋
	Hsinchu	旋
	Kinmen	旋
	Penghu (Magong)	旋
	Shantou	旋
	Shantou (Chenghai)	旋
	Jieyang	旋
	Haifeng	旋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	旋
Wu	Shanghai	頭腡, 旋腡, 腡
	Hangzhou	旋
	Ningbo	旋
	Jinhua	旋
Xiang	Changsha	旋
Xiang	Loudi	旋

Compounds

Derived terms from 轉

二人轉／二人转 (èrrénzhuàn)
公轉／公转 (gōngzhuàn)
團團轉／团团转 (tuántuánzhuàn)
太陽自轉／太阳自转
打磨磨轉／打磨磨转
打轉／打转 (dǎzhuàn)
昏頭轉向／昏头转向
暈頭轉向／晕头转向
溜溜轉／溜溜转 (liūliūzhuàn)
牛回磨轉／牛回磨转
玩不轉／玩不转

玩得轉／玩得转
矇頭轉向／蒙头转向
空轉／空转 (kōngzhuàn)
自轉／自转 (zìzhuàn)
螺螄轉兒／螺蛳转儿
轉一轉／转一转
轉動／转动 (zhuǎndòng)
轉向／转向 (zhuǎnxiàng)
轉圈／转圈 (zhuànquān)
轉子／转子 (zhuànzǐ)

轉彎／转弯 (zhuǎnwān)
轉燈／转灯 (zhuàndēng)
轉盤／转盘 (zhuànpán)
轉磨／转磨
轉磨磨／转磨磨
轉腰子／转腰子
轉軸／转轴 (zhuànzhóu)
轉輪手槍／转轮手枪
連軸兒轉／连轴儿转
飛轉／飞转 (fēizhuàn)

Pronunciation 3

trad.		轉
simp.		转

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuǎi (zhuai³)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄞˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎi
  - Wade–Giles: chuai³
  - Yale: jwǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joai
  - Palladius: чжуай (čžuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwaɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

轉

(Mandarin, colloquial) Alternative form of 拽 (“to act pretentiously; to show off”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 轉

轉文／转文

Pronunciation 4

trad.		轉
simp.		转
alternative forms		撙 Min Dong 捘 Hokkien

Min Dong (BUC): chông
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): choān
(Teochew, Peng'im): ruêng² / ruang²

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
  - Tâi-lô: tsuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ruêng² / ruang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: juéng / juáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zueŋ⁵²/, /d͡zuaŋ⁵²/

Note: ruêng2 - Chaozhou.

Definitions

轉

(Min) to twist with force or with a tool

References

“Entry #12657”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Shinjitai	転
Kyūjitai	轉

Kanji

轉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 転)

(to) shift
(to) move
(to) turn

Readings

Go-on: てん (ten)
Kan-on: てん (ten)
Kun: ころぶ (korobu, 轉ぶ); ころがす (korogasu, 轉がす); ころがる (korogaru, 轉がる); ころげる (korogeru, 轉げる); めぐる (meguru); まろぶ (marobu, 轉ぶ); うつる (utsuru, 轉る)
Nanori: うたた (utata)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 轉 (MC ʈˠiuᴇn^X, ʈˠiuᴇn^H). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎐〯 (tyěn) (Yale: tyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource轉 (eumhun 구를 전 (gureul jeon))

Hanja form^? of 전 (“(to) turn; (to) move”).

Compounds

공전 (公轉, gongjeon)
급전 (急轉, geupjeon)
반전 (反轉, banjeon)
역전 (逆轉, yeokjeon)
운전 (運轉, unjeon)
이전 (移轉, ijeon)
자전 (自轉, jajeon)
전가 (轉嫁, jeon'ga)
전락 (轉落, jeollak)
전송 (轉送, jeonsong)
전이 (轉移, jeoni)
전임 (轉任, jeonim)
전입 (轉入, jeonip)
전학 (轉學, jeonhak)
전향 (轉向, jeonhyang)
전환 (轉換, jeonhwan)
호전 (好轉, hojeon)
회전 (回轉, hoejeon)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

轉: Hán Nôm readings: chuyển, chuyên, chuyền, chuyến

(to) shift
(to) move
(to) turn

References

Nom Foundation