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 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle 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 北极 北極 běi jí the North Pole / the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole 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 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 怪圈 guài quān vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon 框框 kuàng kuàng to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction syn 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) 北冰洋 běi bīng yáng Arctic ocean 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) 白狐 bái hú arctic fox syn 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 北极狐 北極狐 běi jí hú arctic fox 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 南极圈 南極圈 nán jí juàn Antarctic Circle 餟 zhuì circle shrines and make sacrifices 保护北极海洋环境国家行动计划 保護北極海洋環境國家行動計劃 National Plan of Action for Protection of Arctic Marine Environment / NPA - Arctic 政圈 zhèng quān government circle / political circle 四方理事会 Elders' Circle of the Four Directions (Elders' Circle) 半圆检验 半圓檢驗 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule 半圆规则 半圓規則 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule 极地狐 極地狐 jí dì hú arctic fox 额尔齐斯河 額爾齊斯河 é ěr qí sī hé Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean 极北柳莺 極北柳鶯 jí běi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Arctic warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) 北极环境保护战略 běi jí huán jìng bǎo hù zhàn lüè Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy 保护北极生物多样性战略计划 Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Arctic Biological Diversity 北极海洋沉积层厚度项目 běi jí hǎi yáng chén jī céng hòu duó xiàng mù Marine Arctic Sediment Thickness project / MAST project 北极霾 běi jí mái Arctic haze 北极职业基金会 北極職業基金會 Arctic Vocational Foundation 北极鳐 běi jí yáo Arctic skate 北极气候影响评估 Arctic Climate Impact Assesment 北极土着社区环境监测和信息站国际网络 北極土著社區環境監測和信息站國際網絡 International Network of Arctic Indigenous Community-Based Environmental Monitoring & Information Stations / AICEMI stations 北冰洋生物多样性 北冰洋生物多樣性 běi bīng yáng shēng wù duō yàng xìng Arctic Ocean Diversity 巴伦支海欧洲北极理事会 巴倫支海歐洲北極理事會 Euro-Arctic Council of the Barents Sea 国际北极海评价项目 國際北極海評價項目 International Arctic Seas Assessment Project 国际北极-南极方桉 國際北極-南極方案 International Arctic-Antarctic Programme 北极监测评价方桉 北極監測評價方案 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme 北极洋国际等深线图 北極洋國際等深線圖 International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean 国际北极科学委员会 國際北極科學委員會 International Arctic Science Committee 北极冰盖逐渐变薄 北極冰蓋逐漸變薄 thinning of the Arctic icecap 保护北极海洋环境 保護北極海洋環境 Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment 北极海评估项目 北極海評估項目 Arctic Seas Assessment Project 极北朱顶雀 極北朱頂雀 jí běi zhū dǐng què (bird species of China) Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) 成圈 chéng quān to form a circle, ring or loop 璚 jué half-circle jade ring 邪恶八魔阵 邪惡八魔陣 xié è bā mó zhèn Circle 周三径一 周三徑一 zhōu sān jìng yī circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius 埃夫伯里 āi fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge) 大圆圈 大圓圈 dà yuán quān great circle (in spherical geometry) 斯托肯立石圈 sī tuō kěn lì shí quān Stonehenge stone circle 斯通亨治石栏 斯通亨治石欄 sī tōng hēng zhì shí lán Stonehenge stone circle 画圆 畫圓 huà yuán to draw a circle 索尔兹伯里石环 索爾茲伯里石環 suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ shí huán Stonehenge / Salisbury stone circle 终而复始 終而復始 zhōng ér fù shǐ lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom) / the wheel comes full circle 角标 角標 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages) 麦田怪圈 麥田怪圈 mài tián guài quān crop circle 外接圆 外接圓 wài jiē yuán circumscribed circle (of a polygon) 地平经圈 地平經圈 vertical circle 垂直圈仪 垂直圈儀 vertical circle 纬度圈 緯度圈 circle of latitude 伊斯兰社区阿德米拉尔家庭圈子 伊斯蘭社區阿德米拉爾家庭圈子 Admiral Family Circle Islamic Community 翔回 xiáng huí to circle (in the sky) 美瞳 měi tóng cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens 放大片 fàng dà piàn (Tw) cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 圈定 quān dìng to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate / to delineate syn 周日圈 zhōu rì quān (astronomy) diurnal circle 框框 kuàng kuang a frame / a circle / set pattern / convention / restriction syn 回旋处 迴旋處 huí xuán chù traffic circle / rotary / roundabout 