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Modern (Beijing) reading: zhuǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: tronʔ
Classic Old Chinese: trwán
Western Han Chinese: ṭwán
Eastern Han Chinese: ṭwán
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭwén
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭwén
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭwén
Middle Chinese: ṭwén
English meaning : to turn round;turn away, throw away, cast off
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вращать(ся); вертеть(ся); перемещаться; 2) поворачивать; поворот; повернуть назад; кругом; 3) изменяться; изменение, превращение; перелом; переломный, переходный; 4) пере- (приставка в сложных словах, означающих передачу или дальнейший переход действия); 5) снова и снова, повторно; [zhuàn] 1) вертеть, крутить; повернуть; 2) изменить; вернуть обратно
Shuowen gloss: 還也.從車.專聲.
Comments: More archaic loans in Viet. are probably tròn 'round', trọn 'all, entire, whole'. See also 傳.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 159
Four-angle index: 3221
Karlgren code: 0231 e
Vietnamese reading: chuyê`n
Shijing occurrences: 1.2, 26.3_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŭɫ
Meaning: turn, move
Chinese: *tronʔ turn round; transfer, remove; 傳 *dronʔ transmit, remove.
Tibetan: srul-ba to stir, move.
Burmese: hrwijʔ to move, turn up.
Comments: Luce 18.
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Number: 2382
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : A: 山合三上獼知; B: 山合二去線知
ZIHUI: A: 6567 1936; B: 6567 1938
Beijing: A: c̣uan 2; B: c̣uan 3
Jinan: A: c̣uã 2; B: c̣uã 3
Xi'an: A: pfã 2; B: pfã 3
Taiyuan: A: cuä̃ 2; B: cuä̃ 3
Hankou: A: cuan 2; B: cuan 3
Chengdu: A: cuan 2; B: cuan 3
Yangzhou: A: cuõ 2; B: cuõ 3
Suzhou: A: cö 2; B: cö 2
Wenzhou: A: ćy 21; B: ćy 21
Changsha: A: ćyẽ 2; B: ćyẽ 2
Shuangfeng: A: tuĩ XH; B: tuĩ 2
Nanchang: A: cɔn 2; B: cɔn 31
Meixian: A: cɔn 2; B: cɔn 2
Guangzhou: A: čyn 21; B: čyn 31
Xiamen: A: cuan 2; B: cuan 2
Chaozhou: A: cueŋ 21; B: cueŋ 21
Fuzhou: A: tuɔŋ 2; B: tuɔŋ 31
Shanghai: A: cö 3; B: cö 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: A: čyen 2; B: čyen 3
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