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Usage of the character 卷

juǎn
[捲]
  • to roll up
  • to sweep up; to carry along
  • a roll
  • classifier for rolls, spools etc
juǎn
[卷]
  • to roll up
  • roll
  • classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
juàn
[卷]
  • scroll
  • book
  • volume
  • chapter
  • examination paper
  • classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
báijuàn
白卷
[白卷]
  • blank exam paper
juànzōng
卷宗
[卷宗]
  • file
  • folder
  • dossier
juǎnfù
卷腹
[捲腹]
  • crunch (physical exercise)
fānjuǎn
翻卷
[翻卷]
  • to spin
  • to whirl around
juǎnyún
卷云
[卷雲]
  • cirrus (cloud)
wènjuàn
问卷
[問卷]
  • questionnaire
  • CL:份 (fèn)
shǒujuàn
手卷
[手卷]
  • hand scroll
juǎnbiān
卷边
[捲邊]
  • to hem
  • hem
  • to curl (at the edge)
juǎnlián
卷帘
[捲簾]
  • roller shutter
  • a blind
jīngjuàn
经卷
[經卷]
  • volumes of classics
  • volumes of scriptures
  • ancient scrolls
jiāojuǎn
胶卷
[膠卷]
  • film
  • roll of film
  • also written 膠捲/胶卷
juǎnbǐng
卷饼
[捲餅]
  • rolled-up pastry
  • roll
  • turnover (patisserie)
kǎojuàn
考卷
[考卷]
  • exam paper
juǎntáo
卷逃
[捲逃]
  • to bundle up valuables and abscond
juǎnqǐ
卷起
[卷起]
  • variant of 捲起/卷起 (juǎnqǐ)
juǎnrào
卷绕
[卷繞]
  • to wind
  • to coil
  • to spool
  • to loop around
  • winding
juǎnbā
卷巴
[卷巴]
  • to bundle up
juǎnzi
卷子
[卷子]
  • steamed roll
  • spring roll
ànjuàn
案卷
[案卷]
  • records
  • files
  • archives
piāojuǎn
飘卷
[飄卷]
  • to flutter
juǎnrèn
卷刃
[卷刃]
  • curved blade
juǎnchǐ
卷尺
[卷尺]
  • tape measure
  • tape rule
  • CL:把 (bǎ)
juǎnxū
卷须
[卷鬚]
  • tendril
xiǎojuǎn
小卷
[小卷]
  • young squid (Tw)
juǎnqū
卷曲
[捲曲]
  • to curl (hair)
  • to crimp
  • to roll up
  • curly
juǎnzhǐ
卷纸
[卷紙]
  • toilet roll
juǎnqǐ
卷起
[捲起]
  • to roll up
  • to curl up
  • (of dust etc) to swirl up
juǎnrù
卷入
[捲入]
  • to be drawn into
  • to be involved in
juànzi
卷子
[卷子]
  • test paper; examination paper
juǎnguǒ
卷裹
[卷裹]
  • to wrap up
  • (fig.) to envelop
  • to swallow up
dájuàn
答卷
[答卷]
  • completed examination paper
  • answer sheet
  • CL:份 (fèn),張/张 (zhāng)
juǎnfà
卷发
[捲髮]
  • curly hair
  • to curl hair
jiāojuǎn
胶卷
[膠捲]
  • film
  • roll of film
fàjuǎn
发卷
[髮捲]
  • hair roller
  • curl (of hair)
juǎnxū
卷须
[捲鬚]
  • tendril
chūnjuǎn
春卷
[春捲]
  • egg roll
  • spring roll
yuèjuàn
阅卷
[閱卷]
  • to grade exam papers
juànzhóu
卷轴
[卷軸]
  • scroll (book or painting)
kāijuàn
开卷
[開卷]
  • to open a book
  • open-book (exam)
zhōngjuǎn
中卷
[中卷]
  • adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
juànzhì
卷帙
[卷帙]
  • book
píngjuàn
评卷
[評卷]
  • to grade exam papers
shǒujuǎn
手卷
[手捲]
  • variant of 手卷 (shoujuǎn)
yānjuǎn
烟卷
[煙捲]
  • cigarette
  • cigar
shìjuàn
试卷
[試卷]
  • examination paper
  • test paper
  • CL:份 (fèn),張/张 (zhāng)
jiāojuàn
交卷
[交卷]
  • to hand in one's examination script
shìjuàn
释卷
[釋卷]
  • to stop reading
shūjuàn
书卷
[書卷]
  • volume
  • scroll
huājuǎn
花卷
[花卷]
  • Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
juǎndài
卷带
[捲帶]
  • tape
cǎijuǎn
彩卷
[彩卷]
  • color film
  • abbr. for 彩色膠卷/彩色胶卷
  • lottery ticket
juǎnfēng
卷风
[捲風]
  • see 龍捲風/龙卷风 (lóngjuǎnfēng)
pījuàn
批卷
[批卷]
  • to correct student papers
  • to grade exam papers
lóngjuǎn
龙卷
[龍捲]
  • tornado
  • waterspout
  • twister
xíjuǎn
席卷
[席捲]
  • to engulf
  • to sweep
  • to carry away everything
shǒujuǎn
手卷
[手卷]
  • temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
juǎnyáng
卷扬
[捲揚]
  • a whirlwind
àijuǎn
艾卷
[艾卷]
  • moxa cigar
  • moxa roll (TCM)
dànjuǎn
蛋卷
[蛋卷]
  • egg roll
cánjuàn
残卷
[殘卷]
  • surviving section of a classic work
  • remaining chapters (while reading a book)
juǎnyān
卷烟
[卷煙]
  • cigarette
  • cigar
diàojuàn
吊卷
[吊卷]
  • to consult the archives
huàjuàn
画卷
[畫卷]
  • picture scroll
nèijuǎn
内卷
[內卷]
  • (embryology) to involute; involution
  • (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
dànjuǎnr
蛋卷儿
[蛋卷兒]
  • erhua variant of 蛋卷 (dànjuǎn)
juǎnxīncài
卷心菜
[捲心菜]
  • variant of 卷心菜 (juǎnxīncài)
juǎncéngyún
卷层云
[卷層雲]
  • cirrostratus (cloud)
  • also written 捲層雲/卷层云 (juǎncéngyún)
juǎnfàbàng
卷发棒
[捲髮棒]
  • curling iron
juǎnfàqì
卷发器
[捲髮器]
  • hair curler
shūjuànjiǎng
书卷奖
[書卷獎]
  • presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
juǎnxīncài
卷心菜
[卷心菜]
  • cabbage
  • CL:棵 (kē)
huījuǎnwěi
灰卷尾
[灰卷尾]
  • (bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
juǎnjīyún
卷积云
[捲積雲]
  • cirrocumulus (cloud)
shūjuànqì
书卷气
[書卷氣]
  • scholarly flavor
  • educated appearance
juǎndìpí
卷地皮
[卷地皮]
  • to plunder the land and extort from the peasant
  • corrupt practice
juǎnwěihóu
卷尾猴
[卷尾猴]
  • white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
juǎnfàtǒng
卷发筒
[捲髮筒]
  • hair roller
juǎncéngyún
卷层云
[捲層雲]
  • cirrostratus (cloud)
  • also written 卷層雲/卷层云 (juǎncéngyún)
lóngjuǎnfēng
龙卷风
[龍捲風]
  • tornado
  • hurricane
  • twister
  • cyclone
juǎnpūgài
卷铺盖
[捲鋪蓋]
  • to pack and quit
  • to get the sack; to get fired
bìngjuǎnjī
并卷机
[併捲機]
  • ribbon lap machine
zìránjuǎn
自然卷
[自然捲]
  • natural curls; natural wave
hēijuǎnwěi
黑卷尾
[黑卷尾]
  • (bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
juǎnbǐdāo
卷笔刀
[卷筆刀]
  • pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
Ruìshìjuǎn
瑞士卷
[瑞士捲]
  • Swiss roll
shuǐlóngjuǎn
水龙卷
[水龍卷]
  • waterspout (meteorology)
juǎnxiànqì
卷线器
[捲線器]
  • fishing reel
zìláijuǎn
自来卷
[自來捲]
  • natural curls; natural wave
kǎoshìjuàn
考试卷
[考試卷]
  • exam paper
  • test paper
  • CL:張/张 (zhāng)
juǎnliánmén
卷帘门
[捲帘門]
  • roll-up door
yānjuǎnr
烟卷儿
[煙捲兒]
  • cigarette
  • CL:棵 (kē)
juǎnyángjī
卷扬机
[捲揚機]
  • a capstan
juǎnliánmén
卷帘门
[卷簾門]
  • roll-up door
jiāndànjuǎn
煎蛋卷
[煎蛋卷]
  • omelet
yínsījuǎn
银丝卷
[銀絲捲]
  • yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
shōuqíjuǎnsǎn
收旗卷伞
[收旗卷傘]
  • lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  • fig. to stop what one is doing
qiānjīngwànjuǎn
千经万卷
[千經萬卷]
  • lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon
juànzhìhàofán
卷帙浩繁
[卷帙浩繁]
  • a huge amount (of books and papers)
juǎntǔchónglái
卷土重来
[卷土重來]
  • lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  • fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  • to make a comeback
bìjuànkǎoshì
闭卷考试
[閉卷考試]
  • closed-book examination
juǎnshéyuányīn
卷舌元音
[捲舌元音]
  • retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Sǐhǎijīngjuàn
死海经卷
[死海經卷]
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
juǎnyǔtíhú
卷羽鹈鹕
[卷羽鵜鶘]
  • (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
fàguānjuǎnwěi
发冠卷尾
[髮冠卷尾]
  • (bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
shǒubùshìjuàn
手不释卷
[手不釋卷]
  • lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
  • fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
kǎoshìjuànzi
考试卷子
[考試卷子]
  • see 考試卷/考试卷 (kǎoshìjuàn)
juǎnshéyuányīn
卷舌元音
[卷舌元音]
  • retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
pūgàijuǎnr
铺盖卷儿
[鋪蓋卷兒]
  • bedroll
kāijuànyǒuyì
开卷有益
[開卷有益]
  • lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
yāzuǐjuǎnwěi
鸦嘴卷尾
[鴉嘴卷尾]
  • (bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectans)
Sǐhǎigǔjuàn
死海古卷
[死海古卷]
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
wēisuōjiāojuǎn
微缩胶卷
[微縮膠捲]
  • microfilm
gǔtóngsèjuǎnwěi
古铜色卷尾
[古銅色卷尾]
  • (bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
juǎnpūgàizǒurén
卷铺盖走人
[捲鋪蓋走人]
  • to pack one's things and leave
Mòxīgējuǎnbǐng
墨西哥卷饼
[墨西哥捲餅]
  • taco
  • burrito
dúwànjuànshū,xíngwànlǐlù
读万卷书,行万里路
[讀萬卷書,行萬里路]
  • see 行萬里路,讀萬卷書/行万里路,读万卷书 (xíngwànlǐlù,dúwànjuànshū)
xíngwànlǐlùshèngdúwànjuǎnshū
行万里路胜读万卷书
[行萬里路勝讀萬捲書]
  • to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
xíngwànlǐlù,dúwànjuànshū
行万里路,读万卷书
[行萬里路,讀萬卷書]
  • Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
  • Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
xíngqiānlǐlù,dúwànjuànshū
行千里路,读万卷书
[行千里路,讀萬卷書]
  • see 行萬里路,讀萬卷書/行万里路,读万卷书 (xíngwànlǐlù,dúwànjuànshū)