掉向

diàoxiàng
  1. to turn
  2. to adjust one's direction
  3. to lose one's bearings

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
=2 向 xiàng
  1. towards
  2. to face
  3. to turn towards
  4. direction
  5. to support
  6. to side with
  7. shortly before
  8. formerly
  9. always
  10. all along
  11. (suffix) suitable for ...
  12. oriented to ...
=2 向 xiàng
  1. to tend toward
  2. to guide
  3. variant of 向 xiàng
=2 向 xiàng
  1. variant of 向 xiàng
  2. direction
  3. orientation
  4. to face
  5. to turn toward
  6. to
  7. towards
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly

Related entries

扭 niǔ
  1. to turn
  2. to twist
  3. to wring
  4. to sprain
  5. to swing one's hips
我開門的時候把門柄扭了出來。

I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.

Source: Tatoeba

拐 guǎi
  1. to turn (a corner etc)
  2. to kidnap
  3. to swindle
  4. to misappropriate
  5. seven (used as a substitute for 七 qī)
  6. variant of 枴 guǎi
我們拐錯彎了。

We took a wrong turn.

Source: Tatoeba

撥轉 bōzhuǎn
  1. to turn
  2. to turn around
  3. to transfer (funds etc)
斡 wò to turn
紐 niǔ
  1. to turn
  2. to wrench
  3. button
  4. nu (Greek letter Νν)
轉 zhuǎn
  1. to turn
  2. to change direction
  3. to transfer
  4. to forward (mail)
  5. (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
转过来。

Turn around.

Source: Tatoeba

轉彎 zhuǎnwān
  1. to turn
  2. to go around a corner
当您开车的时候，应该在转弯处减速。

When you are driving, you should slow down on corners.

Source: Tatoeba

轉捩 zhuǎnliè to turn
翻動 fāndòng
  1. to flip over
  2. to turn (a page)
  3. to scroll (an electronic document)
  4. to stir (food in a pot etc)
  5. to move things about
  6. to rummage
书页翻动之间，我们可以对书中的人物不予理会而不伤及他们的情感。

By turning the page, we can dismiss the characters in a book without fear of hurting their feelings.

Source: Tatoeba

轉 zhuàn
  1. to revolve
  2. to turn
  3. to circle about
  4. to walk about
  5. classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
  6. classifier for repeated actions
转过来。

Turn around.

Source: Tatoeba

轉動 zhuàndòng
  1. to rotate (about an axis)
  2. to revolve
  3. to turn
  4. to move in a circle
  5. to gyrate
他转动钥匙。

He turned the key.

Source: Tatoeba

擰開 nǐngkāi
  1. to unscrew
  2. to twist off (a lid)
  3. to turn on (a faucet)
  4. to switch on (by turning a knob)
  5. to turn (a door handle)
  6. to wrench apart
絞 jiǎo
  1. to twist (strands into a thread)
  2. to entangle
  3. to wring
  4. to hang (by the neck)
  5. to turn
  6. to wind
  7. classifier for skeins of yarn
折 zhé
  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book
折被子。

Fold the quilt.

Source: Tatoeba

掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
釦子掉了。

The button came off.

Source: Tatoeba

矇頭轉向 mēngtóuzhuǎnxiàng
  1. to lose one's bearings
  2. utterly confused