轉身

See also: 转身

Chinese

		to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (轉身)		轉	身
simp. (转身)		转	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuǎnshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun³ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chón-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tńg-sin / choán-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎnshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎnshen
    • Wade–Giles: chuan³-shên¹
    • Yale: jwǎn-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joanshen
    • Palladius: чжуаньшэнь (čžuanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun³ san¹
    • Yale: jyun sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chón-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon` siin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon³ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡son³¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfsyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tsuán-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafnsyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

轉身

1. to turn around
2. (archaic, of a widow) to remarry

Adverb

轉身

1. soon; before long

Synonyms

• 彈指／弹指 (tánzhǐ)
• 轉目／转目 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 轉眼／转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn)
• 轉瞬／转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)
• 轉頭／转头 (literary or Cantonese)