Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced zhuan
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced zhuan, including 传 chuán / zhuàn, 转 zhuǎn / zhuàn, 专 zhuān, 赚 zhuàn / zuàn, 撰 zhuàn. Compare tones, meanings…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say zhuan, set the tongue tip back for the retroflex zh, then run into uan without a pause — one Mandarin block, with the tone laid over it.
Initial zh
Put the tongue slightly curled back. Do not pronounce it like English “j”.
Final uan
Settle the final uan into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (传 chuán / zhuàn, 转 zhuǎn / zhuàn, 专 zhuān, 赚 zhuàn / zuàn, 撰 zhuàn) and lock in their tones. 6 common characters share the sound zhuan, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
zhuan turns up here with 4 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 专, 砖 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 传 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 转 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 赚, 撰 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing zhuan inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
6 common characters in this group.