粵

轉zyun2身san1

simp转身
zyun2 san1zyun3 san1zhuǎn shēn

English

  1. (of a person) to turn round
  2. to turn one's body; to turn oneself around
  3. to face about
  4. (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 原地將身體變成原本嘅反方向

Examples

  • 我一轉身,佢就走咗喇。

    Just when I turned around, she was gone.

  • 湯姆轉身開始跑。

    Tom turned around and started to run.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 我建議你轉身回家。

    I suggest you turn around and go back home.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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