公转

公轉

gōngzhuàn

verb #40,922

Meanings

1 to revolve (around another body)
2 orbital revolution
3 to orbit

Characters

to revolve, turn

Examples

地球绕太阳公转一周需要一年。

Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn yì zhōu xūyào yì nián.

It takes Earth one year to revolve around the sun once.

月球既自转也公转。

Yuèqiú jì zìzhuàn yě gōngzhuàn.

The Moon both rotates on its axis and revolves around Earth.

Tips

memory

公转 ("public turning") = orbiting around something else; 自转 (zìzhuàn, "self turning") = spinning on one's own axis. "Public" implies a shared center other than yourself.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

转 zhuǎn