He turned the key.
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转动
Traditional: 轉動
zhuǎn dòng
HSK 3.0 · 4
zhuǎn dòng · zyun2 dung6 (Jyutping)
- to turn sth around
- to swivel
zhuàn dòng · zyun2 dung6 (Jyutping)
- to rotate (about an axis)
- to revolve
- to turn
- to move in a circle
- to gyrate
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I turned the doorknob.
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