| xuán | revolve |
| xuàn | lathe/specially for an occasion |
| 旋 | to revolve a loop a circle |
| 旋乾转坤 | lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering a radical change |
| 旋光 | rotation of plane of polarization of light |
| 旋光对映体 | optical antimer; optical enantiomorph; optical antipode |
| 旋光度 | optical rotation; specific rotation; optical activity |
| 旋光异性 | [Chemistry] optical isomerism |
| 旋光异构 | optical isomerism; rotational isomerism |
| 旋光异构体 | optical isomer; optically active isomer |
| 旋光性 | optical activity; optical rotation; rotary polarization; opticity |
| 旋光计 | polarimeter; polaristrobometer |
| 旋前肌 | pronator teres muscle (below the elbow) |
| 旋印照片 | [Photography] a rotograph |
| 旋即 | soon after shortly |
| 旋卷 | wreathe |
| 旋卷的 | circinal; circinate; circinatus |
| 旋回 | to cycle |
| 旋塞 | faucet; valvecock; plugcock; plug cock; dummy coupling; tap; cock; turncock |
| 旋子 | torsor (math) |
| 旋工 | lathe operator spinning wheel worker |
| 旋床 | lathe |