輪轉

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	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
trad. (輪轉)		輪	轉
simp. (轮转)		轮	转
anagram		轉輪／转轮

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnzhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ zyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûn-choán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnzhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnjhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-chuan³
    • Yale: lwún-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenjoan
    • Palladius: луньчжуань (lunʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ zyun³
    • Yale: lèuhn jyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ dzyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ jun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ t͡syːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-choán
    • Tâi-lô: lûn-tsuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lunzoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ t͡suan⁴¹/

Verb

輪轉

1. to rotate; to revolve; to turn around
2. to recur successively; to move in a cycle; to take turns

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 輪轉 – see 輾轉 (“fluent; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 輾轉).