自轉

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	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. (自轉)		自	轉
simp. (自转)		自	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zyun³ / zi⁶ zyun²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chū-choán / chīr-choán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ zuêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chuan⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjuann
    • Palladius: цзычжуань (czyčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zyun³ / zi⁶ zyun²
    • Yale: jih jyun / jih jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzyn³ / dzi⁶ dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ jun³ / ji⁶ jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡syːn³³/, /t͡siː²² t͡syːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-choán
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tsuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxzoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ t͡suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ t͡suan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-choán
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-tsuán
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ zuêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ tsuéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sueŋ⁵²/

Verb

自轉

1. (astronomy) to rotate (around an axis or a centre)

   地球自轉／地球自转  ―  dìqiú zìzhuàn  ―  the Earth rotates; Earth's rotation

Antonyms

• 公轉／公转 (gōngzhuàn)

Noun

自轉

1. (astronomy) rotation