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回转 (huí zhuǎn) — to turn around, to rotate; (figurative) to reverse, to turn back (of a trend, situation, or direction)

Definition

回转 covers both physical rotation and abstract reversal of a trend or direction. Unlike 转变 (gradual transformation of state) or 改变 (general change), it implies returning toward an earlier point.

verb
to turn aroundto rotate(figurative) to reverseto turn back (of a trend, situation, or direction)

Examples

  • 回转。
    Zhè ge líng jiàn měi fēn zhōng huí zhuǎn sān bǎi cì.
    This part rotates three hundred times per minute.
  • ，回转。
    Jīng guò gǎi gé, gōng sī de xíng shì kāi shǐ huí zhuǎn.
    After the reforms, the company's situation began to turn around.
  • ，回转。
    Qián fāng shī gōng, chē liàng qǐng zài qián fāng lù kǒu huí zhuǎn.
    Construction ahead; vehicles please turn around at the next intersection.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

回huíturn
转zhuǎnrotate

回 and 转 both mean turning, so together they express turning around.

Characters in this word

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

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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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.

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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