旋 xuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
旋转
xuánzhuǎn
to rotate, to revolve
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Example phrases
- 机器启动后，中心部件会高速旋转，操作时必须保持距离。 Jīqì qǐdòng hòu, zhōngxīn bùjiàn huì gāosù xuánzhuǎn, cāozuò shí bìxū bǎochí jùlí. After the machine starts, the central component rotates at high speed, so a safe distance must be kept during operation.
- 舞者在舞台中央不停地旋转，裙子飞了起来。 Wǔzhě zài wǔtái zhōngyāng bù tíng de xuánzhuǎn, qúnzi fēi le qǐlai. The dancer kept spinning in the middle of the stage, her skirt flying up.
- 地球一边绕着太阳转，一边自己旋转。 Dìqiú yìbiān ràozhe tàiyáng zhuàn, yìbiān zìjǐ xuánzhuǎn. The Earth goes around the sun while also spinning on its own axis.
Related words
- 凯旋 kǎixuán to return triumphant
- 盘旋 pánxuán to circle; to hover; to linger
- 旋律 xuánlǜ melody
- 旋涡 xuánwō vortex; whirlpool
- 周旋 zhōuxuán to manoeuvre; to deal with; to mediate
- 转 zhuǎn to turn
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 转动 zhuǎndòng to turn; to rotate
- 转告 zhuǎngào to pass on a message
- 转身 zhuǎnshēn to turn around
- 转弯 zhuǎnwān to turn a corner
- 转移 zhuǎnyí to move; to shift