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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
自转
(of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 自转 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 自转 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 自转.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 自转.
Directly before
- 轴自转1
- 会自转1
Directly after
- 自转一周1
- 自转呀1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 自转
What does 自转 mean in Chinese?
自转 (zìzhuàn) means (of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis.
How do you pronounce 自转?
自转 is pronounced zìzhuàn.
Is 自转 an HSK word?
自转 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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