Chinese symbol for “jibe”
转帆
zhuǎn fān
Traditional: 轉帆
to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about
The closest CC-CEDICT match for jibe is 转帆 (zhuǎn fān), defined as: to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 转帆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
| 转型 (轉型) | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) |
| 转化 (轉化) | zhuǎn huà | to change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform |
| 转向 (轉向) | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction; fig. to change one's stance |
| 帆船 | fān chuán | sailboat |
| 一帆风顺 (一帆風順) | yī fān fēng shùn | propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing |
| 帆布 | fān bù | canvas; sailcloth |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.