HSK 3 · Movement & Direction

转

zhuǎn

to turn; to transfer

Stroke order of 转

转 is written with 8 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Cart 车 rolls with its wheels, and 专 spins it: the wheel turns around.

Parts: 车 vehicle + 专 phonetic/focus

Example sentence

请在前面转右。

Please turn right up ahead.

Words with 转

转变to change; to transform

More words: Movement & Direction

上来to come up 上去to go up 下来to come down 下去to go down; to go on 传来to come through (of sound or news)放到to put into 推开to push open 前进to go forward; to advance 退to retreat; to return (sth)退出to withdraw; to quit 追to chase 随to follow 跳to jump 按to press; according to

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