转变

Character by character

• 转zhuǎn8 strokesHSK 3 traditional 轉shift, move, turn
• 变biàn8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 變change, transform, alter; rebel

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Example sentences

• 他转变了话题。

  Tā zhuǎn biàn le huà tí

  He changed the topic of conversation.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 转变. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 变biànHSK 2

  to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion

• 转zhuǎnHSK 3

  to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)

• 改变gǎi biànHSK 2

  to change; to alter; to transform

• 变成biàn chéngHSK 2

  to change into; to turn into; to become

• 变化biàn huàHSK 3

  (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

• 转移zhuǎn yíHSK 4

  to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize

• 转身zhuǎn shēnHSK 4

  (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

• 转换zhuǎn huànHSK 5

  to change; to switch; to convert; to transform

• 好转hǎo zhuǎnHSK 6

  to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement

• 旋转xuán zhuǎnHSK 6

  to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl

• 转向zhuǎn xiàngHSK 5

  to change direction; fig. to change one's stance

• 变形biàn xíngHSK 6

  to become deformed; to change shape; to morph

• 运转yùn zhuǎnHSK 7

  to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around

• 变动biàn dòngHSK 5

  to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation

• 转化zhuǎn huàHSK 5

  to change; to transform; isomerization (chemistry)

• 变为biàn wéiHSK 3

  to change into

• 扭转niǔ zhuǎnHSK 7

  to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion

• 转动zhuǎn dòngHSK 4

  to turn sth around; to swivel

• 变异biàn yìHSK 7

  variation

• 变革biàn géHSK 7

  to transform; to change

• 转悠zhuàn youHSK 7

  to roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly

• 演变yǎn biànHSK 7

  to develop; to evolve; development; evolution

• 转让zhuǎn ràngHSK 5

  to transfer (ownership, rights etc)

• 转播zhuǎn bōHSK 7

  relay; broadcast (on radio or TV)