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转折 zhuǎnzhé “turning point” in Chinese

Traditional 轉折

What 转折 means

  1. turning point
  2. twist
  3. shift
  4. shift in the trend of events
  5. turnaround
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • plot shift in a book
  • turn in the conversation

How to say 转折

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale转zhuǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale折zhé2nd tone, rising

转折 in a sentence

  1. 这是一个历史的转折点。

    Zhè shì yí ge lìshǐ de zhuǎnzhédiǎn.

    This is a turning point in history.

    Sentence #5998475 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 转折 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 转 (zhuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
转zhuǎnto turn
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuǎn.

The character 折 (zhé) with each of its parts in a different colour
折zhéto break
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 斤axe · jīn

How to write 转折

转 8 strokes · 折 7 strokes

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转折 (zhuǎnzhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 转折 (zhuǎnzhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 转折

Words with 转

转zhuǎn · to turn转告zhuǎngào · to pass on转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change转达zhuǎndá · to pass on扭转niǔzhuǎn · to turn around旋转xuánzhuǎn · to rotate转移zhuǎnyí · to transfer周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)

Words with 折

打折dǎzhé · to give a discount折zhé · to break折磨zhémo · to torment折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn曲折qūzhé · winding挫折cuòzhé · setback周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns

More words: Ideas & Concepts

指标zhǐbiāo · indicator支柱zhīzhù · pillar重心zhòngxīn · centre of gravity周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns主流zhǔliú · mainstream准则zhǔnzé · principle主义zhǔyì · -ism自力更生zìlìgēngshēng · self-reliance

FAQs

转折 (zhuǎnzhé) means “turning point” or “twist”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuǎnzhé: zhuǎn with a 3rd tone, then zhé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 转折 is written 轉折. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanzhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 转折 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanzhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
转折 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.