转折 zhuǎnzhé▶ Transición

Stroke order

转折 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 转 — 8 strokes
• 折 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. shift in the trend of events
2. turnaround
3. plot shift in a book
4. turn in the conversation

Related words

• 折fractura
• 周折Giros y vueltas
• 周转facturación, rotación
• 扭转reverso
• 折磨tortura
• 折腾Lanzar

转折 is pronounced zhuǎnzhé and means “Transición”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 转折 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.