zhuàn dòng
turn; run; twirl; roll; revolve
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地球绕着太阳转动。
Dìqiú rào zhe tàiyáng zhuǎndòng.
The Earth revolves around the sun.
他转动钥匙，打开了门。
Tā zhuǎndòng yàoshi, dǎkāile mén.
He turned the key and opened the door.
机器正在高速转动。
Jīqì zhèngzài gāosù zhuǎndòng.
The machine is rotating at high speed.
旋转 (xuán zhuǎn)
rotate
转圈 (zhuǎn quān)
spin
停止 (tíngzhǐ)
stop
静止 (jìngzhǐ)
still
The Chinese character 转 (zhuǎn) means "to turn" or "to rotate". It is composed of two parts: the radical 辶 (chuò), which indicates movement, and the phonetic component 耑 (duān), which is related to the idea of "turning". The character 动 (dòng) means "to move" or "to shake". It is composed of the radical 亻 (rén), which indicates a person, and the phonetic component 甬 (yǒng), which is related to the idea of "moving". The combination of these two characters, 转动 (zhuǎndòng), means "to turn" or "to rotate".
