Chinese symbol for “transition”
转型
zhuǎn xíng
Traditional: 轉型
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transition is 转型 (zhuǎn xíng), defined as: to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “transition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跃迁 (躍遷) | yuè qiān | transition; jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) |
| 过渡 (過渡) | guò dù | to cross over (by ferry); transition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 转型.
| 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 |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
| 模型 | mó xíng | model; mold |
| 典型 | diǎn xíng | model; typical case |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transition”.
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.