調轉

See also: 调转

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	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. (調轉)		調	轉
simp. (调转)		调	转
alternative forms		掉轉／掉转
anagram		轉調／转调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàozhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ zyun³, deu⁶ zyun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiau-chón

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàozhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàojhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-chuan³
    • Yale: dyàu-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawjoan
    • Palladius: дяочжуань (djaočžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ zyun³, deu⁶ zyun³
    • Yale: diuh jyun, colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ dzyn³, deu⁶ dzyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ jun³, colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² t͡syːn³³/, /tɛːu̯²² t͡syːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiau-chón
    • Hakka Romanization System: diau zon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diau⁴ zon³
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯⁵⁵ t͡son³¹/

Verb

調轉

1. to reassign somebody to a different job
2. Synonym of 掉轉／掉转 (diàozhuǎn, “to turn around; to change direction; to make a U-turn”)
3. (Cantonese) to turn backwards

   我唔小心調轉咗件衫嚟著。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔小心调转咗件衫嚟着。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ m⁴ siu² sam¹ deu⁶ zyun³ zo² gin⁶ saam¹ lai⁴ zoek³. [Jyutping]

   I accidentally wore my shirt backwards.

   調轉嚟講…… [Cantonese, trad.]
   调转嚟讲…… [Cantonese, simp.]

   diu⁶ zyun³ lai⁴ gong²...... [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (Cantonese) to exchange (something) for (something else)

   Synonym: 換成／换成 (huànchéng)

   調轉係我，就唔會噉做囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   调转系我，就唔会噉做啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   diu⁶ zyun³ hai⁶ ngo⁵, zau⁶ m⁴ wui⁵ gam² zou⁶ lo¹. [Jyutping]

   If it were I, I would not have done it like that.