Meaning
change; exchange
Chinese: 交换、更换;调换。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “huan” becomes a different word in each tone. 换 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 交换jiāo huànto exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math)
- 转换zhuǎn huànto change; to switch; to convert; to transform
- 更换gēng huànto replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
- 变换biàn huànto transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate
- 兑换duì huànto convert; to exchange
Example Sentence
这件衣服太大了，我想换一件。Zhè jiàn yī fu tài dà le, wǒ xiǎng huàn yí jiàn.This piece of clothing is too big; I want to exchange it.
这Zhèthis件jiànitem衣服yī fuclothes太tàitoo大dàbig了le(completed action)，我wǒI想xiǎngto think (about)换huànto exchange一yíone件jiànitem。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The hand radical 扌 (meaning) plus 奂 (huàn, sound): to swap from hand to hand — ‘to change / exchange’. Simplified from 換.
A way to remember it
A hand (扌) swapping one thing for another — to exchange.
Easy to confuse with
- 接‘To connect’: another common hand-radical (扌) verb — check the right side.