HSK 6 · Money

周转 zhōuzhuǎn “turnover” in Chinese

Traditional 周轉

What 周转 means

  1. turnover
  2. cash flow
  3. to have enough to cover needs
  4. to rotate
  5. to circulate (cash, stock etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • circulation

How to say 周转

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale周zhōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale转zhuǎn3rd tone, dipping

周转 in a sentence

  1. 公司最近资金周转有点困难。

    Gōngsī zuìjìn zījīn zhōuzhuǎn yǒudiǎn kùnnan.

    The company has been having some cash-flow difficulties lately.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 能借我一点钱周转一下吗？

    Néng jiè wǒ yìdiǎn qián zhōuzhuǎn yíxià ma?

    Could you lend me a bit of money to tide me over?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 周转 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 周 (zhōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
周zhōuto make a circuit
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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.

How to write 周转

周 8 strokes · 转 8 strokes

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

Words related to 周转

Words with 周

周zhōu · week周末zhōumò · weekend周围zhōuwéi · environs周到zhōudào · thoughtful周年zhōunián · anniversary周期zhōuqī · cycle周边zhōubiān · surrounding周密zhōumì · thorough周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

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转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point

More words: Money & Economy

招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders征收zhēngshōu · to levy振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise支出zhīchū · expenditure专利zhuānlì · patent转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets

FAQs

周转 (zhōuzhuǎn) means “turnover” or “cash flow”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōuzhuǎn: zhōu with a 1st tone, then zhuǎn with a 3rd 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, 周转 is written 周轉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhouzhuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 周转 from the suggestions. Typing zhouzhuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
周转 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.