Saturday 29 October 2022

character 轉 deng2, zuang2 and ruang2

Let us today review this character

We commonly say this character as deng2 and as I have noticed many people write these characters incorrectly, I have put the Mandarin words after the English translation.

deng2lai6

轉內|转内

to return or go home 回家

deng2lai5

轉來|转来

to go back 返回

This character can also be said as zuang2 and this is the formal pronunciation [bhung5tag8 文讀] of the character.

zuang2

轉|转

to turn

zuang2tao5

轉頭|转头

to turn one’s head

This character can also be said as ruang2 – and this is a uniquely specific Teochew word.

ruang2

轉|转

use force to swivel or to turn something round

ruang2 lo5si1

轉螺絲|转螺丝

to drive or tighten a screw

gai2 zung1sag4 ruang2 cug4lai5

個樽塞轉出來|个樽塞转出来

Where zung1 is a bottle, sag4 is a stopper of a bottle and cug4lai5 indicates that the action is completed

Unscrewed a stopper of a bottle – for example to uncork a bottle

And you can hear how to say deng2, zuang2 and ruang2 from CZYZD

zuang2tao5 轉頭|转头



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