HSK 6 · Money

转让 zhuǎnràng “to transfer (ownership)” in Chinese

Traditional 轉讓

What 转让 means

  1. to transfer (ownership)
  2. to sell
  3. to transfer (ownership, rights etc)

How to say 转让

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale让ràng4th tone, falling

转让 in a sentence

  1. 这家小饭馆要转让了。

    Zhè jiā xiǎo fànguǎn yào zhuǎnràng le.

    This little restaurant is up for sale.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他把自己的股份转让给了朋友。

    Tā bǎ zìjǐ de gǔfèn zhuǎnràng gěi le péngyou.

    He transferred his shares to a friend.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 转让 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 让 (ràng) with each of its parts in a different colour
让ràngto yield
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 上above · shǎngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 上 (shǎng) hints at the sound. Compare it with ràng.

How to write 转让

转 8 strokes · 让 5 strokes

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

Words related to 转让

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转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point

Words with 让

让ràng · to let让步ràngbù · to concede

More words: Money & Economy

振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise支出zhīchū · expenditure周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover专利zhuānlì · patent资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund总和zǒnghé · sum

FAQs

转让 (zhuǎnràng) means “to transfer (ownership)” or “to sell”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuǎnràng: zhuǎn with a 3rd tone, then ràng with a 4th 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, 转让 is written 轉讓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanrang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 转让 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanrang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
转让 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.