转 zhuǎn / zhuàn in a sentence
Turn (convey - pass on - transfer); Turn (revolve - walk about)
转 (zhuǎn / zhuàn) means Turn (convey - pass on - transfer), Turn (revolve - walk about). Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请在路口向左 转 。
Qǐng zài lùkǒu xiàng zuǒ zhuǎn.
Please turn left at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 转
我把这个消息 转 给他了。
Wǒ bǎ zhège xiāoxi zhuǎn gěi tā le.
I passed this news on to him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 转
月亮围绕地球 转 。
Yuèliang wéirào dìqiú zhuàn.
The moon revolves around the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 围绕
形势正在慢慢好 转 。
Xíngshì zhèngzài mànmàn hǎozhuǎn.
The situation is slowly improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形势
请 转 告他明天开会。
Qǐng zhuǎngào tā míngtiān kāi huì.
Please tell him there is a meeting tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 转告
情况仍旧没有好 转 。
Qíngkuàng réngjiù méiyǒu hǎozhuǎn.
The situation still has not improved.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仍旧
这项技术不得 转 让。
Zhè xiàng jìshù bùdé zhuǎnràng.
This technology may not be transferred.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转让
居民已经安全 转 移。
Jūmín yǐjīng ānquán zhuǎnyí.
The residents have been safely evacuated.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转移
这几年这里 转 变很大。
Zhè jǐ nián zhèlǐ zhuǎnbiàn hěn dà.
This place has changed a lot in recent years.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 转变
钱已经 转 到你的账户了。
Qián yǐjīng zhuǎn dào nǐ de zhànghù le.
The money has been transferred to your account.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 账户
我会把这件事 转 告老师。
Wǒ huì bǎ zhè jiàn shì zhuǎngào lǎoshī.
I will pass this on to the teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 转告
宏观经济形势正在好 转 。
Hóngguān jīngjì xíngshì zhèngzài hǎozhuǎn.
The macroeconomic situation is improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宏观
在立交桥下右 转 就到了。
Zài lìjiāoqiáo xià yòu zhuǎn jiù dào le.
Turn right under the flyover and you are there.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 立交桥
下半场球队扭 转 了比分。
Xià bànchǎng qiúduì niǔzhuǎn le bǐfēn.
The team turned the score around in the second half.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扭转
地球绕着自己的轴旋 转 。
Dìqiú ràozhe zìjǐ de zhóu xuánzhuǎn.
The earth rotates on its own axis.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旋转
舞台上的灯光不停旋 转 。
Wǔtái shang de dēngguāng bùtíng xuánzhuǎn.
The stage lights spun without stopping.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旋转
工作的重心已经 转 移了。
Gōngzuò de zhòngxīn yǐjīng zhuǎnyí le.
The focus of the work has shifted.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 重心
这笔钱可以先周 转 一下。
Zhè bǐ qián kěyǐ xiān zhōuzhuǎn yíxià.
This money can tide us over for now.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 周转
请把我的谢意 转 达给他。
Qǐng bǎ wǒ de xièyì zhuǎndá gěi tā.
Please convey my thanks to him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转达
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From the graded readers
我在同一条街上走了三遍，才发现自己一直在 转 圈。
wǒ zài tóngyī tiáo jiēshàng zǒule sān biàn, cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí zài zhuǎn / zhuàn juān.
I'd walked down the same street three times before I realised I was going in circles.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
From the travel phrasebook
前面路口右 转 。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu yòu zhuǎn.
Turn right at the next junction.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
前面路口左 转 。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu zuǒ zhuǎn.
Turn left at the next junction.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
我要 转 机去上海。
Wǒ yào zhuǎnjī qù Shànghǎi.
I'm transferring to Shanghai.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
转 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 转
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 转
How is 转 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 转 (zhuǎn / zhuàn, "Turn (convey - pass on - transfer), Turn (revolve - walk about)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 转 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 转 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 转 an HSK word?
Yes — 转 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 转?
The dictionary page for 转 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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