運轉

See also: 運転 and 运转

Chinese

		to move; to transport; to use to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate	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. (運轉)		運	轉
simp. (运转)		运	转
anagram		轉運／转运

Etymology

Attested in ancient Chinese texts. The sense “to operate” is from Japanese 運轉(うんてん) (unten).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùnzhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ zyun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yun-chón
• Eastern Min (BUC): ông-diōng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūn-choán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùnzhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùnjhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yün⁴-chuan³
    • Yale: yùn-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunnjoan
    • Palladius: юньчжуань (junʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁶ zyun²
    • Yale: wahn jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² t͡syːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-chón
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun zon^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ zon³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un⁵⁵ t͡son³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-chón
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun zon^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ zon³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un⁵⁵ t͡son³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ông-diōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nuoŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-choán
    • Tâi-lô: ūn-tsuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxnzoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un²²⁻²¹ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁴¹⁻²² t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un²²⁻²¹ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un³³⁻¹¹ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un³³⁻²¹ t͡suan⁴¹/

Verb

運轉

1. (intransitive) to revolve; to orbit; to turn on an axis
2. (intransitive) to operate; to run
3. (of fortune) to turn; to have a lucky break
4. (intransitive) to take public transport (for traveling or experience)

   Synonym: 遊車河／游车河 (Cantonese)

Derived terms

• 時來運轉／时来运转 (shíláiyùnzhuǎn)
• 運轉手／运转手

 

Noun

運轉

1. revolution; turning on an axis
2. operation (of a machine); running (of a business)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	轉
うん Grade: 3	てん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

運(うん)轉(てん) • (unten) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 運転

Korean

Hanja in this term
運	轉

Noun

運轉 • (unjeon) (hangeul 운전)

1. hanja form^? of 운전 (“driving”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
運	轉

Verb

運轉

1. chữ Hán form of vận chuyển (“to transport; to deliver; to ship”).