转 轉 zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop syn 飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng to circle in the air / to soar syn 转动 轉動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate syn 环绕 環繞 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around syn 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit syn 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush syn 圆圈 圓圈 yuán quān circle syn 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 怪圈 guài quān vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon 北极圈 北極圈 běi jí quān Arctic Circle 框框 kuàng kuàng to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction syn 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 圆周率 圓周率 yuán zhōu lǜ (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π) 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 圆周 圓周 yuán zhōu circumference / circle syn 交游 交遊 jiāo yóu to have friendly relationships / circle of friends syn 围坐 圍坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 圆弧 圓弧 yuán hú arc (segment of a circle) syn 环岛 環島 huán dǎo traffic circle / rotary / roundabout / to travel around an island 圆心 圓心 yuán xīn center of circle 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 小圆 xiǎo yuán small circle 大圆 大圓 dà yuán great circle (in spherical geometry) 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 近臣 jìn chén member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old) 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn 框 kuàng frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1] syn 旋 xuán to revolve / a loop / a circle syn 恶性循环 惡性循環 è xìng xún huán vicious circle 画地为牢 畫地為牢 huà dì wéi láo lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities syn 抟 摶 tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel 圜 huán circle / encircle 圜 yuán circle / round 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn 交流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 社交 shè jiāo interaction / social contact syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 好友 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 交际 交際 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 社保 shè bǎo social insurance (abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险[she4hui4 bao3xian3]) 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 身价 身價 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) syn 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 交谊舞 交誼舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing 门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth / the right social connection syn 风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 社会保险 社會保險 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security (abbr. to 社保[she4bao3]) 条条框框 條條框框 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions syn 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 社会关系 社會關係 shè huì guān xì social relation 低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn 洋相 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4] syn 大潮 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change syn 礼数 禮數 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status syn 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 孔子 kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3] 联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party 分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing 八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) syn 社会科学 社會科學 shè huì kē xué social sciences syn 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn 脉络 脈絡 mài luò arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context syn 公德 gōng dé public ethics / social morality 社会活动 社會活動 social event 社会性 社會性 shè huì xìng social 独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 世态 世態 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior syn 