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转向

zhuǎnxiàng

to change direction

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to change direction

02

fig. to change one's stance

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 转向 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 转向 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我在小巷子里转向了。wǒ zài xiǎo xiàng zi lǐ zhuǎn xiàng le。

I turned into a small alleyway.

他闷闷不乐地转向了他的橙汁，埋怨著自己不情愿地成了里头每一点添加剂的实验品。tā mèn mèn bù lè dì zhuǎn xiàng le tā de chéng zhī， mán yuàn zhù zì jǐ bù qíng yuàn dì chéng le lǐ tou měi yì diǎn tiān jiā jì de shí yàn pǐn。

He turned to his orange juice sullenly, sneering that every little additive would sign him up for experiments he wanted no part in.

利用前帆的反帆与舵，在后退的同时将船头转向了想要前进的方向。lì yòng qián fān de fǎn fān yǔ duò， zài hòu tuì de tóng shí jiāng chuán tóu zhuǎn xiàng le xiǎng yào qián jìn de fāng xiàng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 转向.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 转向.

Directly before

  • 里转向1
  • 地转向1
  • 船头转向1

Directly after

  • 转向了3
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 转向

What does 转向 mean in Chinese?

转向 (zhuǎnxiàng) means to change direction.

How do you pronounce 转向?

转向 is pronounced zhuǎnxiàng. It also has the reading zhuànxiàng.

Is 转向 an HSK word?

转向 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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