Chinese symbol for “transpose”
转置
zhuàn zhì
Traditional: 轉置
to transpose
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transpose is 转置 (zhuàn zhì), defined as: to transpose.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “transpose”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移调 (移調) | yí diào | to transpose (music) |
| 转位 (轉位) | zhuǎn wèi | transposition; displacement |
| 换置 (換置) | huàn zhì | to swap; to exchange |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 转置.
| 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 |
| 位置 | wèi zhi | position; place |
| 设置 (設置) | shè zhì | to set up; to install |
| 装置 (裝置) | zhuāng zhì | to install; installation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transpose”.
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.