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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 5

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 ("self turning") = spinning on one's own axis. "Public" implies a shared center other than yourself.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

转 zhuǎn