Chinese symbol for “rotate”
旋转
xuán zhuǎn
Traditional: 旋轉
to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rotate is 旋转 (xuán zhuǎn), defined as: to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rotate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转动 (轉動) | zhuàn dòng | to rotate (about an axis); to revolve |
| 周转 (周轉) | zhōu zhuǎn | to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc) |
| 轮换 (輪換) | lún huàn | to rotate; to take turns |
| 转圈 (轉圈) | zhuàn quān | to rotate; to twirl |
| 轮转 (輪轉) | lún zhuàn | to rotate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 旋转.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody |
| 旋风 (旋風) | xuàn fēng | whirlwind; tornado |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral; helix |
| 气旋 (氣旋) | qì xuán | cyclone |
| 主旋律 | zhǔ xuán lǜ | (music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rotate”.
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.