掉轉

See also: 調轉

Chinese

		to drop; to fall	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (掉轉)		掉	轉
simp. (掉转)		掉	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàozhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ zyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàozhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàojhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-chuan³
    • Yale: dyàu-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawjoan
    • Palladius: дяочжуань (djaočžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ zyun²
    • Yale: diuh jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² t͡syːn³⁵/

Verb

掉轉

1. to turn around; to change direction; to make a U-turn

   掉轉槍口／掉转枪口  ―  diàozhuǎn qiāngkǒu  ―  to turn one's gun (against one's superiors or former colleagues)

Synonyms

• 撥／拨 (bō)
• (Hokkien) 斡輾轉／斡辗转, 斡倒轉／斡倒转