Zi:转

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(F​) [zhuǎn] turn; transfer [zhuàn] rotate/spin; 转转 go for a spin/stroll [zhuǎi] 转​ [zhuān] cf. ​

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

zhuǎn* [​] {B} v.turn; shift; changeBạ̌ liǎn ∼ guòlai. 把脸∼过来。 Turn your face towards me.convey; pass on; transfer; transmitQị̌ng bǎ zhè ²fēng xìn ∼gẹ̌i nị̌ jiějie. 请把这封信∼给你姐姐。 Please pass this letter on to your sister.n. 〈environment:〉 lg. alternation of rhyme
¹zhuàn [​] {B} v. turn; revolve; rotateLúnzi ∼ de tài kuài le. 轮子∼得太快了。 The wheel is revolving too fast.m. (for turns/revolutions)
zhuǎi [​] v. lard one's speech with literary phrases to display erudition

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 转/​ zhuǎn ‘return; turn round’ combines ​/​ (chē) ‘cart’ (with turning wheels), and ​/​ zhuān ‘ceramic spindle’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​/​ tuán ‘roll sth. up into balls’; ​/​ tuán ‘round (ball/lump)’.
    Note: Both 转 zhuǎn/zhuàn verbs can be intransitive or transitive; the meanings ‘turn’ and ‘spin/rotate’ are sometimes hard to distinguish (in English at least), and some words such as 转​ have both readings; 转 zhuǎn ‘turn’ (both lit. and fig.) occurs in many more compounds (510 in ABC, to date); 转 zhuàn occurs in fewer compounds (only 86), mainly in the sense of ‘rotate/spin (literal rotation about an axis)’, though there is also fig. usage, as in 转转 ‘go for a spin/stroll’.
    GFC: 转 : zhuǎn : ⑴ ​ (​, ​) ‘change (direction, situation, etc.)’: “转​, ​姿” ‘turn (your) body around, and change position’ [intransitive]; “转​” ‘turn the handlebar (of a bike, to change direction)’ [transitive]; “​转” ‘turn around’, “​转​” ‘turn the boat around’; “转​” ‘turn loss into victory’, 转​ ‘change ones's mind’; ⑵ ​, ​ ‘carry/transmit’: “​转​” ‘please pass/transfer the letter to him’, 转​ ‘transmit a message’, 转​ ‘convey/communicate’.
    GFC: 转 : zhuàn : ⑴ ​ ‘spin/rotate about a central point/axis’: “​转​” ‘the wheel spins quickly (on its axel)’ (​, ​) [intransitive]; “​转​” ‘the wheel spins quickly’ [intransitive] (HDZ); “转​” ‘spin/rotate the handle/lever (of a machine)’ [transitive]; “​转” ‘the earth rotates around the sun’; cf. ​转 ‘earth's axial rotation’; ⑵ ​: 转​ ‘rotate’; “​转​转” ‘take a stroll to the park’, 转​ ‘stroll’; ⑶“​” = “​转” also, (m.w.) ‘circuits/spins’ around something.
    GFC: 转 : zhuǎi : 转​ zhuǎiwén (‘​’) (​).
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3517.4; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:075.1.10; EDOC:0
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