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HSK
3

to turn

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

zhuan3 zhuǎn

Meaning


Primary

to turn

Alternatives

turn, turning, turns, turned, to rotate, rotate, rotates, rotated, rotating

Mnemonic


[zhu-] George Costanza is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop, where he is playing with a toy 車 car instead of working. He attaches the toy car to a cicada and prods the cicada with a 寸 caliper to make it 轉 turn around and around, making the toy 車 car spin. Looking at it makes him dizzy, causing him 轉 to turn around and fall on his face onto the cement pawn shop basement floor.

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