| 旋 | [ xuán ] to revolve, a loop, a circle |
| 旋 | [ xuàn ] to whirl, immediately, variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4] |
| 旋乾轉坤 | [ xuán qián zhuǎn kūn ] lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering, a radical change |
| 旋光 | [ xuán guāng ] rotation of plane of polarization of light |
| 旋前肌 | [ xuán qián jī ] pronator teres muscle (below the elbow) |
| 旋即 | [ xuán jí ] soon after, shortly |
| 旋回 | [ xuán huí ] to cycle |
| 旋子 | [ xuán zi ] torsor (math.) |
| 旋子 | [ xuàn zi ] whirlwind somersault (in gymnastics or martial arts) |
| 旋律 | [ xuán lǜ ] melody |
| 旋木雀 | [ xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| 旋梯 | [ xuán tī ] spiral stairs, winding stairs (gymnastic equipment) |
| 旋流 | [ xuán liú ] rotating flow |
| 旋淵 | [ xuán yuān ] abyss |
| 旋渦 | [ xuán wō ] spiral, whirlpool, eddy, vortex |
| 旋渦星系 | [ xuán wō xīng xì ] spiral galaxy |
| 旋渦星雲 | [ xuán wō xīng yún ] spiral nebula |
| 旋渦狀 | [ xuán wō zhuàng ] spiral-shaped |
| 旋筒 | [ xuán tǒng ] rotor, turbine |
| 旋繞 | [ xuán raò ] to curl up, to wind around |
| 旋翼 | [ xuán yì ] rotor wing |
| 旋臂 | [ xuán bì ] spiral arm |
| 旋舞 | [ xuán wǔ ] whirling dance |
| 旋花科 | [ xuán huā kē ] Convolvulaceae, herbaceous plant family |
| 旋覆花 | [ xuán fù huā ] (botany) convolvulvus, Flos Inulae (Chinese herb) |
| 旋踵 | [ xuán zhǒng ] to turn on one's heel, in the twinkle of an eye, instantly |
| 旋轉 | [ xuán zhuǎn ] to rotate, to revolve, to spin, to whirl |
| 旋轉力 | [ xuán zhuǎn lì ] turning force, torque |
| 旋轉台 | [ xuán zhuǎn taí ] rotating platform, luggage carousel |
| 旋轉指標 | [ xuán zhuǎn zhǐ ] winding number |
| 旋轉曲面 | [ xuán zhuǎn qū miàn ] a surface of revolution (math.) |
| 旋轉木馬 | [ xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ ] merry-go-round, carousel |
| 旋轉極 | [ xuán zhuǎn jí ] pole of rotation |
| 旋轉烤肉 | [ xuán zhuǎn kaǒ roù ] döner kebab |
| 旋轉球 | [ xuán zhuǎn qiú ] spin ball |
| 旋轉行李傳送帶 | [ xuán zhuǎn xíng li chuán sòng daì ] luggage conveyor belt, carousel |
| 旋轉角 | [ xuán zhuǎn ] angle of rotation |
| 旋轉角速度 | [ xuán zhuǎn sù dù ] rotational angular velocity |
| 旋轉軸 | [ xuán zhuǎn zhoú ] axis of rotation |
| 旋轉運動 | [ xuán zhuǎn yùn dòng ] rotation, rotary motion |
| 旋里 | [ xuán lǐ ] to return home |
| 旋量 | [ xuán liàng ] spinor (math.) |
| 旋鈕 | [ xuán niǔ ] knob (e.g. handle or radio button) |
| 旋閘 | [ xuán zhá ] rotor sluice gate |
| 旋風 | [ xuàn fēng ] whirlwind, tornado |
| 旋風腳 | [ xuàn fēng ] whirlwind kick (martial arts) |
| ⇒ 下旋 | [ xià xuán ] (sport) backspin |
| ⇒ 下旋削球 | [ xià xuán qiú ] (golf, tennis) undercut |
| ⇒ 主旋律 | [ zhǔ xuán lǜ ] theme or subject (music) |
| ⇒ 休氏旋木雀 | [ xiū shì xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis) |
| ⇒ 凱旋 | [ kaǐ xuán ] to return in triumph, to return victorious |
| ⇒ 凱旋門 | [ kaǐ xuán mén ] triumphal arch |
| ⇒ 包柔氏螺旋體 | [ baō roú shì luó xuán tǐ ] Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria |
| ⇒ 包氏螺旋體 | [ baō shì luó xuán tǐ ] Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria |
| ⇒ 反氣旋 | [ fǎn qì xuán ] anticyclone |
| ⇒ 周旋 | [ zhoū xuán ] to mix with others, to socialize, to deal with, to contend |
| ⇒ 四川旋木雀 | [ sì chuān xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) Sichuan treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis) |
| ⇒ 回旋 | [ huí xuán ] to cycle around, cyclotron, slalom |
| ⇒ 回旋加速器 | [ huí xuán jiā sù qì ] cyclotron (particle accelerator) |
| ⇒ 回旋曲 | [ huí xuán qǔ ] rondo |
| ⇒ 回旋餘地 | [ huí xuán yú dì ] leeway, latitude, room for freedom of action |
| ⇒ 土耳其旋轉烤肉 | [ tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kaǒ roù ] Turkish döner kebab |
| ⇒ 天旋地轉 | [ tiān xuán dì zhuàn ] the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning, fig. huge changes in the world |
| ⇒ 幽門螺旋桿菌 | [ yoū mén luó xuán gǎn jūn ] Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| ⇒ 幽門螺旋菌 | [ yoū mén luó xuán jūn ] Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| ⇒ 打旋 | [ dǎ xuán ] to revolve |
| ⇒ 打旋兒 | [ dǎ xuán ] erhua variant of 打旋[da3 xuan2] |
| ⇒ 斡旋 | [ wò xuán ] to mediate (a conflict etc) |
| ⇒ 核自旋 | [ hé zì xuán ] nuclear spin |
| ⇒ 棒旋星系 | [ bàng xuán xīng xì ] barred spiral galaxy |
| ⇒ 氣旋 | [ qì xuán ] cyclone |
| ⇒ 油旋 | [ yoú xuán ] Youxuan, a kind of a pastry |
| ⇒ 渦旋 | [ wō xuán ] eddy, vortex |
| ⇒ 準穩旋渦結構 | [ zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié goù ] quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics) |
| ⇒ 環極渦旋 | [ huán jí wō xuán ] circumpolar vortex |
| ⇒ 皮劃艇激流回旋 | [ pí huá tǐng jī liú huí xuán ] canoe-kayak slalom |
| ⇒ 盤旋 | [ pán xuán ] to spiral, to circle, to go around, to hover, to orbit |
| ⇒ 盤旋曲折 | [ pán xuán qū zhé ] lit. windy and circuitous, difficult (idiom) |
| ⇒ 禍不旋踵 | [ huò bù xuán zhǒng ] trouble is never far away (idiom) |
| ⇒ 紅翅旋壁雀 | [ hóng chì xuán bì què ] (bird species of China) wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) |
| ⇒ 蝸旋 | [ wō xuán ] to spiral |
| ⇒ 螺旋 | [ luó xuán ] spiral, helix, screw |
| ⇒ 螺旋千斤頂 | [ luó xuán qiān jīn dǐng ] screw jack |
| ⇒ 螺旋形 | [ luó xuán xíng ] spiral |
| ⇒ 螺旋曲面 | [ luó xuán qū miàn ] spiral surface |
| ⇒ 螺旋槳 | [ luó xuán jiǎng ] propeller |
| ⇒ 螺旋粉 | [ luó xuán fěn ] fusilli (corkscrew shaped pasta) |
| ⇒ 螺旋藻 | [ luó xuán zaǒ ] spiral algae, spirulina (dietary supplement) |
| ⇒ 螺旋鉗 | [ luó xuán qián ] wrench |
| ⇒ 螺旋體 | [ luó xuán tǐ ] Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria, spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis |
| ⇒ 螺旋麵 | [ luó xuán miàn ] fusilli (pasta) |
| ⇒ 褐喉旋木雀 | [ hè hoú xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) |
| ⇒ 軸旋轉 | [ zhoú xuán zhuǎn ] to rotate about an axis, axis of rotation (math.) |
| ⇒ 迴旋 | [ huí xuán ] to turn around, maneuvering room, leeway |
| ⇒ 鉤端螺旋體病 | [ goū duān luó xuán tǐ bìng ] leptospirosis |
| ⇒ 鏽紅腹旋木雀 | [ xiù hóng fù xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis) |
| ⇒ 霍氏旋木雀 | [ huò shì xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni) |
| ⇒ 高山旋木雀 | [ gaō shān xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana) |
| ⇒ 髮旋 | [ fà xuán ] hair whorl |
| ⇒ 黑旋風 | [ heī xuàn fēng ] Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion |