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换

huàn

HSK 3 Character Traditional 換

What 换 means

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

Example sentences

• 交换。
  Swap.
• 换枕套。
  Huàn zhěntào.
  Change the pillowcase.
• 他换台了。
  He changed the channel.
• 把枕套换了。
  Bǎ zhěntào huàn le.
  Change the pillowcase.
• 换种方式说。
  Say it in another way.
• 我想换房间。
  I'd like to change my room.

Words starting with 换

• 换成huàn chéngto exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into
• 换句话说huàn jù huà shuōin other words
• 换取huàn qǔto obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
• 换乘huàn chéngto change train (plane, bus etc); transfer between modes of transport
• 换算huàn suànto convert; conversion; (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
• 换言之huàn yán zhīin other words
• 换人huàn rénto replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution
• 换洗huàn xǐto change and wash (clothes etc)
• 换钱huàn qiánto change money; to sell
• 换位huàn wèito swap places; (logic) conversion; (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)
• 换班huàn bānto change shift; the next work shift; to relieve (a workman on the previous shift)
• 换届huàn jièto change personnel upon expiry of a term of office
• 换气huàn qìto take a breath (in swimming); to ventilate
• 换工huàn gōngto change workshifts
• 换季huàn jìthe season changes
• 换代huàn dàito transition to a new dynasty or regime; to replace an older product with an upgraded…
• 换台huàn táito change the TV channel
• 换向huàn xiàngcommutation (electricity)
• 换单huàn dānbill of exchange (international trade)
• 换新huàn xīnto replace with sth new; to upgrade
• 换牙huàn yáto grow replacement teeth (zoology); to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
• 换置huàn zhìto swap; to exchange; to transpose
• 换行huàn hángto wrap (text); line feed (computing)
• 换装huàn zhuāngto get changed; to change clothes

Words containing 换

• 交换jiāo huànto exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom)
• 兑换duì huànto convert; to exchange
• 转换zhuǎn huànto change; to switch; to convert
• 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
• 切换qiē huànto switch over; to switch modes or data streams; to cut (to a new scene)
• 替换tì huànto exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
• 调换diào huànto exchange; to change places; to swap
• 互换hù huànto exchange
• 脱胎换骨tuō tāi huàn gǔto shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist…
• 交换机jiāo huàn jīswitch (telecommunications)
• 置换zhì huànto permute; permutation (math.); to displace
• 退换tuì huànto exchange (a purchased item)
• 轮换lún huànto rotate; to take turns
• 改换gǎi huànto change (sth); to alter (sth); to change over (to sth else)
• 改头换面gǎi tóu huàn miànto change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom)…
• 撤换chè huànto dismiss and replace (sb); to replace (sb or sth)
• 改朝换代gǎi cháo huàn dàito transition to a new dynasty or regime
• 偷换tōu huànto substitute on the sly
• 更新换代gēng xīn huàn dàireform and renewal; generational change
• 包换bāo huànto guarantee replacement (of faulty goods); warranty
• 代换dài huànto substitute; to replace
• 对换duì huànto exchange; to swap
• 交换器jiāo huàn qì(telecom or network) switch

Characters built on 奂

These share the phonetic component 奂 (huàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 唤huànto call
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 焕huàn(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
• 涣huànto dissipate; to dissolve

Characters that look like 换

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 捣dǎoto pound; to beat; to hull
• 焕huàn(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎

Sounds the same

Read huàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 幻fantasy
• 患to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 唤to call
• 痪used in 瘫痪
• 浣to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
• 焕(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
• 宦imperial official; court eunuch
• 奂excellent
• 涣to dissipate; to dissolve
• 豢to rear; to raise (animals)
• 轘to tear between chariots (as punishment)
• 鲩grass carp