機轉

Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	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. (機轉)		機	轉
simp. (机转)		机	转
anagram		轉機／转机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīzhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīzhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chuan³
    • Yale: jī-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijoan
    • Palladius: цзичжуань (czičžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

機轉

1. (medicine) mechanism

   Synonyms: 機制 / 机制 (jīzhì), 機理 / 机理 (jīlǐ)

   作用機轉／作用机转  ―  zuòyòng jīzhuǎn  ―  mechanism of action

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (機轉):

• → Japanese: 機転(きてん) (kiten)
• → Korean: 기전(機轉) (gijeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機	轉
き Grade: 4	てん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

機(き)轉(てん) • (kiten) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 機転 (“wit”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
機	轉

Noun

機轉 • (gijeon) (hangeul 기전)

1. hanja form^? of 기전 (“mechanism”)