换 (換)
huàn
Pinyin

Definition

换 (換)
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huàn
  1. to exchange
  2. to change (clothes etc)
  3. to substitute
  4. to switch
  5. to convert (currency)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

切换
qiē huàn
  1. 1 to switch over
  2. 2 to switch modes or data streams
  3. 3 to cut (to a new scene)
换
huàn
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 to change (clothes etc)
  3. 3 to substitute
  4. 4 to switch
  5. 5 to convert (currency)
互换
hù huàn
  1. 1 to exchange
交换
jiāo huàn
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 to swap
  3. 3 to switch (telecom)
  4. 4 commutative (math)
  5. 5 to commute
兑换
duì huàn
  1. 1 to convert
  2. 2 to exchange

Idioms (9)

偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
换汤不换药
huàn tāng bù huàn yào
  1. 1 different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  2. 2 a change in form but not in substance
改头换面
gǎi tóu huàn miàn
  1. 1 to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes
  2. 2 Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

Sample Sentences

主管，我不太想换到另一个团队。您可以找别人吗？
zhǔguǎn ，wǒ bùtài xiǎng huàn dào lìng yīgē tuánduì 。nín kěyǐ zhǎo biéren ma ？
Mister, I don’t really feel like transferring to another team. Could you find someone else?
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为了要换免费的东西，所以给了个人资料。螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。你不能只想着眼前的利益。
wèile yào huàn miǎnfèi de dōngxi ，suǒyǐ gěi le gèrén zīliào 。tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu 。nǐ bùnéng zhǐ xiǎng zhe yǎnqián de lìyì 。
In order to get free samples, you gave out your personal information. You can't see the forest for the trees. Don't only consider the immediate profits.
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我们说一个人换了环境，但他的个性还是一样。
wǒmen shuō yī ge rén huàn le huánjìng ，dàn tāde gèxìng háishi yīyàng 。
We use this to describe people whose personality doesn't change, even if he's in a new environment.
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如若听说一个孩子在重点学校、尖子班，班主任抓的严，或者孩子自加压力，主动要求上各种辅导班，其它家长的反应都是满满地对别人家孩子的羡慕和赞叹，好像一眼就看到了这位刻苦学习的好孩子用时间兑换出了光辉灿烂的未来。
rúruò tīngshuō yīgē háizi zài chóngdiǎn xuéxiào 、jiānzi Bān ，bānzhǔrèn zhuā de Yán ，huòzhě háizi zì Jiā yālì ，zhǔdòng yāoqiú shàng gèzhǒng fǔdǎobān ，qítā jiāzhǎng de fǎnyìng dōu shì mǎnmǎn de duì biéren jiā háizi de xiànmù hé zàntàn ，hǎoxiàng yīyǎn jiù kàndào le zhèwèi kèkǔ xuéxí de hǎo háizi yòng shíjiān duìhuàn chū le guānghuīcànlàn de wèilái 。
If one hears that a child is in an "elite school", an "elite class", their homeroom teacher is "strict", or that the child is putting undue stress on himself/herself by taking additional classes, other parents usually respond with full-hearted compliments to this "other people's child", as if already seeing with a glance the bright future this good, hard-working kid is exchanging for his/her childhood.
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没问题，我和我们同事换班，周六我和你一块儿去。”
méiwèntí ，wǒ hé wǒmen tóngshì huànbān ，zhōuliù wǒ hé nǐ yīkuàir qù 。”
No problem. I will change shifts with my colleague and join you on Saturday.
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午夜和白天，不停地交换。
wǔyè hé báitiān ，bùtíng de jiāohuàn 。
Constant exchange between day and night.
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日本奥林匹克委员会主席竹田恒和19日说，他今年6月任期结束时会卸任，不寻求连任，同时辞去国际奥委会委员职务。竹田涉嫌行贿、换取东京奥运会承办权，遭法国检察机关调查。
Rìběn Àolínpǐkè wěiyuánhuì zhǔxí zhútiánhéng hé rì shuō ，tā jīnnián yuè rènqī jiéshù shí huì xièrèn ，bù xúnqiú liánrèn ，tóngshí cíqù GuójìÀowěihuì wěiyuán zhíwù 。Zhútián shèxián xínghuì 、huànqǔ Dōngjīng Àoyùnhuì chéngbànquán ，zāo Fǎguó jiǎnchá jīguān diàochá 。
Japanese Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda said on the 19th that he will step down at the end of his term of office in June this year and will not seek re-election. He will also resign as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Tsunekazu Takeda was suspected of bribery in exchange for the right to host the Tokyo Olympics and was investigated by the French prosecutors.
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对于那些无实体店、无营业执照无信用担保、无第三方交易平台进入门槛低的微商，若与消费者发生消费纠纷，一些微商往往通过更换账号或直接删除“好友”关系，试图逃避法律责任。
duìyú nàxiē wú shítǐdiàn 、wú yíngyèzhízhào wú xìnyòng dānbǎo 、wú dìsānfāng jiāoyìpíngtái jìnrù ménkǎn dī de wēishāng ，ruò yǔ xiāofèizhě fāshēng xiāofèi jiūfēn ，yīxiē wēishāng wǎngwǎng tōngguò gēnghuàn zhànghào huò zhíjiē shānchú “hǎoyǒu ”guānxi ，shìtú táobì fǎlǜzérèn 。
For those micro-businesses that have no physical stores, no business licenses, no credit guarantees, and no third-party trading platforms, they will try to escape disputes with consumers and legal liability by changing accounts or directly deleting "friends" in the chat.
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幸好这家店有七天无理由退换服务，最后我把裙子退回去了。
xìnghǎo zhè jiā diàn yǒu qī tiān wúlǐyóu tuìhuàn fúwù ，zuìhòu wǒ bǎ qúnzi tuì huíqu le 。
Fortunately, the seller has a 7 day exchange and return policy.
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毕业不到一年，他已经换了四次工作。“前三次的工作经历，最短的不足一个星期。
bìyè búdào yī nián ，tā yǐjīng huàn le sì cì gōngzuò 。“qián sān cì de gōngzuò jīnglì ，zuì duǎn de bùzú yī ge xīngqī 。
Less than a year after graduation, he has changed jobs four times. "In the first three jobs, the shortest lasted less than a week.
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