Chinese symbol for “torsion”
扭转
niǔ zhuǎn
Traditional: 扭轉
to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for torsion is 扭转 (niǔ zhuǎn), defined as: to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “torsion”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扭转.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
| 别扭 (彆扭) | biè niu | awkward; difficult |
| 扭伤 (扭傷) | niǔ shāng | a sprain; a crick |
| 扭头 (扭頭) | niǔ tóu | to turn one's head; to turn around |
| 扭矩 | niǔ jǔ | torque; turning force |
| 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 “torsion”.
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.