盘旋 meaning in English

pánxuán

to spiral; to circle

Traditional 盤旋22 strokes

Meaning of 盘旋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pánxuán
  1. to spiral
  2. to circle
  3. to go around
  4. to hover
  5. to orbit

盘旋 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

一yī团tuán尘chén土tǔ与yǔ瓦wǎ砾lì腾téng空kōng而ér起qǐ,在zài空kōng中zhōng盘pán旋xuán了le数shù分fēn钟zhōng。
A cloud of dust and debris rose and lingered in the sky for a few minutes afterward.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

盘 pán · tray · 11 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
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  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

旋 xuán · to revolve · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
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  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 盘旋.

盘子pánzitray; plate
光盘guāngpáncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM
键盘jiànpánkeyboard
旋转xuánzhuǎnto rotate; to revolve
旋律xuánlǜmelody
硬盘yìngpánhard disk
方向盘fāngxiàngpánsteering wheel
磁盘cípán(computer) disk
周旋zhōuxuánto mix with others; to socialize
盘算pánsuanto plot; to scheme
算盘suànpánabacus; plan
旋涡xuánwōspiral; whirlpool

Questions about 盘旋

What does 盘旋 mean?

盘旋 (pánxuán) means "to spiral; to circle".

How do you write 盘旋?

盘旋 is made of 2 characters: 盘 (11 strokes), 旋 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

How is 盘旋 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 盘旋 is written 盤旋.