旋 xuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
旋涡
xuánwō
vortex; whirlpool
Characters in this word
涡 wō
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 呙 to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 太平洋上的暖流在海峡口形成旋涡，航船必须谨慎绕行。 Tàipíngyáng shàng de nuǎnliú zài hǎixiákǒu xíngchéng xuánwō, hángchuán bìxū jǐnshèn ràoxíng. Warm currents in the Pacific form a vortex at the mouth of the strait, so vessels must detour carefully.
- 河水在桥下打着旋涡，落叶转了一圈又一圈。 Héshuǐ zài qiáo xià dǎzhe xuánwō, luòyè zhuǎnle yī quān yòu yī quān. The river water swirls into a vortex under the bridge; fallen leaves spin around and around.
- 他心里像有个旋涡，把烦恼都搅在一起。 Tā xīnli xiàng yǒu gè xuánwō, bǎ fánnǎo dōu jiǎo zài yìqǐ. It was as if a whirlpool had formed in his heart, churning all his troubles together.
Related words
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve
- 凯旋 kǎixuán to return triumphant
- 盘旋 pánxuán to circle; to hover; to linger
- 旋律 xuánlǜ melody
- 周旋 zhōuxuán to manoeuvre; to deal with; to mediate
- 淤泥 yūní silt; mud
- 汹涌 xiōngyǒng turbulent; surging; to surge
- 秀丽 xiùlì beautiful and graceful
- 泻 xiè to pour down; diarrhoea
- 汪洋 wāngyáng vast expanse; boundless; ocean-like
- 涌 yǒng to surge; to gush; to pour in
- 自然界 zìránjiè the natural world; nature