Chinese words starting with “zhuan”

42 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zhuan. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial zh · final uan · hear the four tones and see example characters →

1st tone 17
3rd tone 20
4th tone 5

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

专家zhuān jiāHSK 3
expert; specialist
专业zhuān yèHSK 3
specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional
专门zhuān ménHSK 3
specialist; specialized; customized
转变zhuǎn biànHSK 3
to change; to transform; shift; transformation
专题zhuān tíHSK 3
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic

All 42 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	转	zhuǎn	v	to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
2	转移	zhuǎn yí	v,vn	to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize
3	赚	zhuàn	v	to earn; to make a profit
4	专辑	zhuān jí	n	album; record (music); special collection of printed or broadcast material
5	赚钱	zhuàn qián	v,a	to earn money; moneymaking
6	转身	zhuǎn shēn	v,vn	(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
7	转换	zhuǎn huàn	v,vn	to change; to switch; to convert; to transform
8	转向	zhuǎn xiàng	v	to change direction; fig. to change one's stance
9	专用	zhuān yòng	vn,v	special; dedicated
10	砖	zhuān	n	brick
11	专利	zhuān lì	n	patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly
12	专注	zhuān zhù	v,vn	to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
13	转化	zhuǎn huà	v,vn	to change; to transform; isomerization (chemistry)
14	专心	zhuān xīn	ad,a	to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
15	转动	zhuǎn dòng	v,vn	to turn sth around; to swivel
16	专栏	zhuān lán	n	special column
17	转悠	zhuàn you	v	to roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly
18	转让	zhuǎn ràng	v,vn	to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
19	转播	zhuǎn bō	vn,v	relay; broadcast (on radio or TV)
20	转弯	zhuǎn wān	v,vn	to turn; to go around a corner
21	转机	zhuǎn jī	n	(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
22	专程	zhuān chéng	d	specifically; specially (for that purpose)
23	转型	zhuǎn xíng	v,vn	to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product)
24	转告	zhuǎn gào	v	to pass on; to communicate; to transmit
25	专卖店	zhuān mài diàn	n	specialty store
26	专科	zhuān kē	n	specialized subject; branch (of medicine); specialized training school
27	专职	zhuān zhí	b	special duty; assigned full time to a task
28	专长	zhuān cháng	n	specialty; special knowledge or ability
29	转交	zhuǎn jiāo	v	to pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb else
30	转达	zhuǎn dá	v	to pass on; to convey; to communicate
31	撰写	zhuàn xiě	v	to write; to compose
32	转折	zhuǎn zhé	vn,v	shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
33	转折点	zhuǎn zhé diǎn	n	turning point; breaking point
34	专人	zhuān rén	n	specialist; person appointed for specific task
35	传记	zhuàn jì	n	biography
36	专制	zhuān zhì	n,a	autocracy; dictatorship
37	转眼	zhuǎn yǎn	d,t	in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance
38	专著	zhuān zhù		monograph; specialized text
39	转载	zhuǎn zǎi	v	to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere; Taiwan pr. [zhuǎn zài]
40	专柜	zhuān guì	n	sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
41	转学	zhuǎn xué	v	to change schools; to transfer to another college
42	砖瓦	zhuān wǎ	n	tiles and bricks

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