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huàn

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huàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huàn | huan4
English translation
to change
to exchange
to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade

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About huàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

huàn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of huàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌奂

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

huàn

Explanation

Simplified form of huàn . Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and huàn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using huàn

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不过 bùguò zhè dōu shì 题外 huà . ” yòu huàn le kǒu shuì .

All this is a digression,'he added in a different tone.

kuài gěi biē le , 咱们 zámen 换换空气 kōngqì .

I'm choking to death. Let's get some air.

huá diào 错别字 cuò bié zì 换上正确 zhèngquè de .

He struck out the wrong word and put in the right one.

那块损坏 sǔnhuài le de 砖头 zhuān tou 点一点 de qiāo diào ,然后 ránhòu 换上一块 yī kuài Xīn de .

I chip away the damaged brick and replaced it with a new one.

瞬息 shùn xī 变换 biàn huàn Zhōng , 相差 xiāngchà 一秒 jiù 可能 kěnéng 产生 chǎnshēng liǎng zhǒng 完全 wánquán 不同 bù tóng de 结局 jiéjú .

In a blink of an eye, two entirely different outcomes can occur.

Words with huàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
huàn to exchange huàn
交换 jiāohuàn to exchange交換
转换 zhuǎn huàn to change轉換
更换 gēng huàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc)更換
变换 biàn huàn to transform變換
换取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange換取
替换 tì huàn to exchange替換
兑换 duìhuàn to convert兌換
置换 zhì huàn to permute置換
换句话说 huàn jù huà shuō in other words換句話說
切换 qiē huàn to switch over切換
互换 hù huàn to exchange互換
改头换面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes改頭換面
换人 huàn rén substitution換人
换班 huàn bān to change shift換班
调换 diào huàn to exchange調換
换乘 huàn chéng to change train (plane, bus etc)換乘
轮换 lún huàn to rotate輪換
脱胎换骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to turn over a new leaf脫胎換骨
交换机 jiāo huàn jī switch (telecommunications)交換機
换言之 huàn yán zhī in other words換言之
换算 huàn suàn to convert換算
换气 huàn qì to ventilate換氣

huàn Decomposition & Compounds

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huàn Decomposition

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