卷 gyun² {juàn}

1. scroll
2. book
3. volume
4. chapter
5. examination paper
6. classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

捲〔卷〕 gyun² {juǎn}

1. to roll (up)
2. to sweep up
3. to carry on
4. roll

卷 gyun² {juǎn}

1. to roll up
2. roll
3. classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

捲粉〔卷-〕 gyun² fan² {juǎn fěn}

steamed rice roll

捲煙〔卷烟〕 gyun² jin¹ {juǎn yān}

noun; cigarette; cigar

捲閘〔卷闸〕 gyun² zaap⁶ {juǎn zhá}

noun; roller shutter, gate

卷巴 gyun² baa¹ {juǎn bā}

to bundle up

捲餅〔卷饼〕 gyun² beng² {juǎn bǐng}

1. rolled-up pastry
2. roll
3. turnover (patisserie)

卷尺 gyun² cek³ {juǎn chǐ}

1. tape measure
2. tape rule
3. CL: 把

捲帶〔卷带〕 gyun² daai² {juǎn dài}

tape

卷帙 gyun² dit⁶ {juàn zhì}

book

捲髮〔卷发〕 gyun² faat³ {juǎn fà}

to curl hair

卷裹 gyun² gwo² {juǎn guǒ}

1. to wrap up
2. (fig.) to envelop
3. to swallow up

捲起〔卷-〕 gyun² hei² {juǎn qǐ}

1. to roll up
2. to curl up
3. to furl (a flag, umbrella etc)
4. to swirl (of dust, wind, sandstorm etc)
5. twist (in gymnastics)

卷刃 gyun² jan⁶ {juǎn rèn}

curved blade

捲入〔卷-〕 gyun² jap⁶ {juǎn rù}

1. to be drawn into
2. to be involved in

卷煙〔-烟〕 gyun² jin¹ {juǎn yān}

1. cigarette
2. cigar

卷繞〔-绕〕 gyun² jiu⁵ {juǎn rào}

1. to wind
2. to coil
3. to spool
4. to loop around
5. winding

捲揚〔卷扬〕 gyun² joeng⁴ {juǎn yáng}

a whirlwind

捲曲〔卷-〕 gyun² kuk¹ {juǎn qū}

1. to curl (hair)
2. to crimp
3. to roll up
4. curly

捲鬚〔卷须〕 gyun² sou¹ {juǎn xū}

tendril

捲逃〔卷-〕 gyun² tou⁴ {juǎn táo}

to bundle up valuables and abscond

卷雲〔-云〕 gyun² wan⁴ {juǎn yún}

cirrus (cloud)

卷子 gyun² zi² {juǎn zi}

1. steamed roll
2. spring roll

卷子 gyun² zi² {juàn zi}

1. test paper
2. examination paper

卷軸〔-轴〕 gyun² zuk⁶ {juàn zhóu}

scroll (book or painting)

卷宗 gyun² zung¹ {juàn zōng}

1. file
2. folder
3. dossier

卷舌音 gyun² sit³ jam¹ {juǎn shé yīn}

Retroflex Consonant

卷筆刀〔-笔-〕 gyun² bat¹ dou¹ {juǎn bǐ dāo}

pencil sharpener (blade-only type)

捲層雲〔卷层云〕 gyun² cang⁴ wan⁴ {juǎn céng yún}

cirrostratus (cloud)

卷地皮 gyun² dei⁶ pei⁴ {juǎn dì pí}

1. to plunder the land and extort from the peasant
2. corrupt practice

捲髮器〔卷发-〕 gyun² faat³ hei³ {juǎn fà qì}

hair curler

捲揚機〔卷扬机〕 gyun² joeng⁴ gei¹ {juǎn yáng jī}

a capstan

卷簾門〔-帘门〕 gyun² lim⁴ mun⁴ {juǎn lián mén}

roll-up door

捲鋪蓋〔卷铺盖〕 gyun² pou¹ goi³ {juǎn pū gài}

1. to pack and quit
2. to be sacked

卷心菜 gyun² sam¹ coi³ {juǎn xīn cài}

1. cabbage
2. CL: 棵

捲線器〔卷线-〕 gyun² sin³ hei³ {juǎn xiàn qì}

fishing reel

捲積雲〔卷积云〕 gyun² zik¹ wan⁴ {juǎn jī yún}

cirrocumulus (cloud)

捲土重來〔卷--来〕 gyun² tou² cung⁴ loi⁴ {juǎn tǔ chóng lái}

verb; a comeback; bounce back; fight back from previous failure

卷帙浩繁 gyun² dit⁶ hou⁶ faan⁴ {juàn zhì hào fán}

a huge amount (of books and papers)

卷羽鵜鶘〔--鹈鹕〕 gyun² jyu⁵ tai⁴ wu⁴ {juǎn yǔ tí hú}

(Chinese bird species) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

捲舌元音〔卷---〕 gyun² sit³ jyun⁴ jam¹ {juǎn shé yuán yīn}

retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

卷土重來〔---来〕 gyun² tou² cung⁴ loi⁴ {juǎn tǔ chóng lái}

1. lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2. fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3. to make a comeback

捲鋪蓋走人〔卷铺盖--〕 gyun² pou¹ goi³ zau² jan⁴ {juǎn pū gài zǒu rén}

to pack one's things and leave