機轉

Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (機轉)		機	轉
simp. (机转)		机	转
anagram		轉機／转机

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīzhuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄓㄨㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīzhuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄓㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jijhuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chuan³
  - Yale: jī-jwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijoan
  - Palladius: цзичжуань (czičžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

機轉

(medicine) mechanism
Synonyms: 機制 / 机制 (jīzhì), 機理 / 机理 (jīlǐ)

作用機轉／作用机转 ― zuòyòng jīzhuǎn ― mechanism of action

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (機轉):

→ Japanese: 機転(きてん) (kiten)
→ Korean: 기전(機轉) (gijeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機	轉
き Grade: 4	てん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

機(き)轉(てん) • (kiten)

Kyūjitai form of 機転 (“wit”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
機	轉

Noun

機轉 • (gijeon) (hangeul 기전)

hanja form^? of 기전 (“mechanism”)