| 旋 | 885B40 60S.83-9 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄒㄩㄢˊ [xUan2] (*ㄒㄩㄢˋ [xUan4] ). | ||
| V.i. | (1) To turn round (as a screw, clock hand): 旋轉 [xUan2zhuan3]↓; 旋繞 [xUan2rao4]↓; 旋乾轉坤，旋轉乾坤 have Herculean strength; be able to turn the tide (of national or world events), make the heavens turn backwards; 盤旋 (of airplane, bird) to circle about, (of person) loiter around. (2) To deal with, encounter as in combat: 與某人週旋 to deal with (person), check (person) move by move (as in chess game or battlefield encounter); 斡旋 ([wo1xUan2]) to mediate, act between two parties. (3) To return: 旋鄉，旋里 return home ("to village"); 回旋，旋歸 to return; 凱旋 return in triumph. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) Soon: 旋得旋失 (of things) no sooner obtained than lost again; 旋出旋沒 appear and disappear in quick succession. (2) (LL) and then, soon after: 旋即回里 returned home soon after; 旋見 and then saw; 旋悔 regret it soon after. | |||||
| Words | 1. 旋風 [xUan2feng1] (*[xUan4feng1]), n., a cyclone, whirlwind. 2. 旋覆花 [xUan2fu4hua1], n., (bot.) the convolvulus. 3. 旋花 [xUan2hua1], n., (bot.) bindweed, Calystegia sepium. 4. 旋火輪 [xUan2huo3lun2], n., (Budd.) a "wheel of fire," expression showing the futile cycle of life and death. 5. 旋璣 [xUan2ji1], n., see 璇 璣 31A.83. 6. 旋轉 [xUan2zhuan3], v.i. & n., to revolve (as a wheel); revolution; 旋轉軸 axis of revolution; 旋轉圓錐 cone of revolution. 7. 旋踵 [xUan2zhong3], adv., (1) (or 不旋踵) in a very short moment (an empire collapses, etc., lit., "before you turn upon your heels"); adv., (2) 旋踵而至 arrive in close succession. 8. 旋兒 [xUan2er0], n., a circle: 打旋兒 make a circle (as birds in sky); a coil in woman's hair. 9. 旋螺 [xUan2luo2], n., (1) a spiral (also 螺旋); (2) a species of seashell. 10. 旋律 [xUan2lU4], n., melody, melodic form; rhythm (of life, etc.). 11. 旋毛蟲 [xUan2mao2chong2], n., (zoo.) trichina. 12. 旋木雀 [xUan2mu4qUe4], n., (zoo.) a small bird like woodpecker, Certhia familiaris. 13. 旋盤 [xUan2pan2], n., a lathe (also called 車床). 14. 旋繞 [xUan2rao4], v.i. & t., to revolve around (as a satellite). 15. 旋子 *[xUan4zi0], n., (1) a whirlpool; (2) a cyclone; (3) an acrobatic feat of turning a somersault sidewise with head in midair. 16. 旋渦 [xUan2wo1], n., a whirlpool, an eddy: 旋渦星雲 (astron.) spiral nebula (also wr. 漩渦). 17. 旋淵 [xUan2yUan1], n., a deep pond, deep whirlpool. | |||||