转转 (zhuàn zhuan) — to take a stroll, to go for a walk (casual, red…

Definition

A casual reduplicated verb meaning 'to take a short, leisurely stroll' — walking around without a fixed destination, more relaxed and aimless than 散步.

bound form

to take a strollto go for a walk (casual, reduplicated form)

Examples

转转。
Wǒ men chū qù zhuàn zhuan ba.
Let's go out for a stroll.
转转。
Tā měi tiān wǎn fàn hòu dōu qù gōng yuán zhuàn zhuan.
He goes for a stroll in the park after dinner every day.
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Zhōu mò méi shì de shí hou, wǒ xǐ huan zài jiē shàng zhuàn zhuan.
When I have nothing to do on weekends, I like to stroll around the streets.

Origin

Reduplicated word

构词法gòucífǎ

重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

转zhuǎnturn

‘转’ suggests turning or moving about, and two of them together give a casual sense of going for a stroll.

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.

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