Usage of the character 捲
juǎn
卷
[捲]
- to roll up
- to sweep up; to carry along
- a roll
- classifier for rolls, spools etc
jiāojuǎn
胶卷
[膠捲]
- film
- roll of film
juǎnfà
卷发
[捲髮]
- curly hair
- to curl hair
fàjuǎn
发卷
[髮捲]
- hair roller
- curl (of hair)
juǎndài
卷带
[捲帶]
- tape
juǎnqū
卷曲
[捲曲]
- to curl (hair)
- to crimp
- to roll up
- curly
juǎnfù
卷腹
[捲腹]
- crunch (physical exercise)
juǎnfēng
卷风
[捲風]
- see 龍捲風／龙卷风 (lóngjuǎnfēng)
juǎnxū
卷须
[捲鬚]
- tendril
chūnjuǎn
春卷
[春捲]
- egg roll
- spring roll
lóngjuǎn
龙卷
[龍捲]
- tornado
- waterspout
- twister
xíjuǎn
席卷
[席捲]
- to engulf
- to sweep
- to carry away everything
juǎnqǐ
卷起
[捲起]
- to roll up
- to curl up
- (of dust etc) to swirl up
juǎnbiān
卷边
[捲邊]
- to hem
- hem
- to curl (at the edge)
juǎnlián
卷帘
[捲簾]
- roller shutter
- a blind
juǎnyáng
卷扬
[捲揚]
- a whirlwind
juǎnrù
卷入
[捲入]
- to be drawn into
- to be involved in
juǎnbǐng
卷饼
[捲餅]
- rolled-up pastry
- roll
- turnover (patisserie)
shǒujuǎn
手卷
[手捲]
- variant of 手卷 (shoujuǎn)
juǎntáo
卷逃
[捲逃]
- to bundle up valuables and abscond
yānjuǎn
烟卷
[煙捲]
- cigarette
- cigar
juǎnliánmén
卷帘门
[捲帘門]
- roll-up door
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
juǎnyángjī
卷扬机
[捲揚機]
- a capstan
juǎnxīncài
卷心菜
[捲心菜]
- variant of 卷心菜 (juǎnxīncài)
yānjuǎnr
烟卷儿
[煙捲兒]
- cigarette
- CL:棵 (kē)
zìránjuǎn
自然卷
[自然捲]
- natural curls; natural wave
juǎnfàbàng
卷发棒
[捲髮棒]
- curling iron
juǎnfàqì
卷发器
[捲髮器]
- hair curler
Ruìshìjuǎn
瑞士卷
[瑞士捲]
- Swiss roll
juǎnjīyún
卷积云
[捲積雲]
- cirrocumulus (cloud)
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)
juǎnxiànqì
卷线器
[捲線器]
- fishing reel
yínsījuǎn
银丝卷
[銀絲捲]
- yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
zìláijuǎn
自来卷
[自來捲]
- natural curls; natural wave
lóngjuǎnfēng
龙卷风
[龍捲風]
- tornado
- hurricane
- twister
- cyclone
juǎnshéyuányīn
卷舌元音
[捲舌元音]
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
wēisuōjiāojuǎn
微缩胶卷
[微縮膠捲]
- microfilm
Mòxīgējuǎnbǐng
墨西哥卷饼
[墨西哥捲餅]
- taco
- burrito
juǎnpūgàizǒurén
卷铺盖走人
[捲鋪蓋走人]
- to pack one's things and leave
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