轉徙

Chinese

		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	change one's residence
trad. (轉徙)		轉	徙
simp. (转徙)		转	徙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuǎnxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun² saai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎnxǐ [Phonetic: zhuánxǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎnsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chuan³-hsi³
    • Yale: jwǎn-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joanshii
    • Palladius: чжуаньси (čžuanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun² saai²
    • Yale: jyún sáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn² saai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun² sai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³⁵ saːi̯³⁵/

Verb

轉徙

1. (literary) to move from place to place

   • 號呼而轉徙，飢渴而頓踣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     号呼而转徙，饥渴而顿踣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th–9th century, Liu Zongyuan, 捕蛇者說

     Háohū ér zhuǎnxǐ, jīkě ér dùnbó. [Pinyin]

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   • 自敘少小時歡樂事，今漂淪憔悴，轉徙於江湖間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     自叙少小时欢乐事，今漂沦憔悴，转徙于江湖间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 816, Bai Juyi, 琵琶行

     Zì xù shàoxiǎo shí huānyuè shì, jīn piàolún qiáocuì, zhuǎnxǐ yú jiānghú jiān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (literary) to change

   • 夫堯既已黥汝以仁義，而劓汝以是非矣，汝將何以遊夫遙蕩恣睢轉徙之塗乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫尧既已黥汝以仁义，而劓汝以是非矣，汝将何以游夫遥荡恣睢转徙之涂乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Fú Yáo jìyǐ qíng rǔ yǐ rényì, ér yì rǔ yǐ shìfēi yǐ, rǔ jiāng héyǐ yóu fú yáodàng zìsuī zhuǎnxǐ zhī tú hū? [Pinyin]

     Since Yao has put on you the brand of his benevolence and righteousness, and cut off your nose with his right and wrong, how will you be able to wander in the way of aimless enjoyment, of unregulated contemplation, and the ever-changing forms (of dispute)?