转角 (zhuǎn jiǎo) — (street) corner; turn in a road | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literally 'turning corner', it refers to a corner or turn in a road, often used to describe a location or change in direction.

noun

(street) cornerturn in a road

Measure word · 个

Examples

转角。
Wǒ zài zhuǎn jiǎo děng le nǐ bàn gè xiǎo shí.
I waited for you for half an hour at the corner.
转角。
Cóng zhè ge zhuǎn jiǎo xiàng yòu zhuǎn jiù shì yóu jú.
Turn right at this corner and you'll see the post office.
转角。
Chāo shì jiù zài qián miàn de zhuǎn jiǎo.
The supermarket is on the corner ahead.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

转 (turn) + 角 (corner) gives the corner where a road turns.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

車專轉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān轉zhuǎn

Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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