旋轉

See also: 旋转 and 旋転

Chinese

		lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve	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. (旋轉)		旋	轉
simp. (旋转)		旋	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánzhuǎn, xuánzhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ zyun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sièn-chón
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soân-choán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánzhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánjhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-chuan³
    • Yale: sywán-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanjoan
    • Palladius: сюаньчжуань (sjuanʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common nonstandard variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánzhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánjhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-chuan⁴
    • Yale: sywán-jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanjuann
    • Palladius: сюаньчжуань (sjuanʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ zyun²
    • Yale: syùhn jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ t͡syːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sièn-chón
    • Hakka Romanization System: xienˇ zon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian² zon³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en¹¹ t͡son³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân-choán
    • Tâi-lô: suân-tsuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soanzoarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³⁻²² t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan²⁴⁻²² t͡suan⁵³/

Verb

旋轉

1. (usually intransitive) to rotate; to revolve; to gyrate; to spin; to whirl
2. (intransitive) to feel dizzy
3. (transitive, figurative) to reverse; to transform; to turn around (a state or situation)
4. (Taiwan, Internet slang) to patronize; to pull someone's leg

Synonyms

• (to rotate): 滾／滚 (gǔn); (Jin) 骨攏／骨拢

Derived terms

• 旋轉乾坤／旋转乾坤
• 旋轉木馬／旋转木马 (“carousel”)
• 旋轉球／旋转球
• 旋轉門／旋转门
• 旋轉餐廳／旋转餐厅
• 旋轉體／旋转体