HSK 5 · Money

兑换 duìhuàn “to exchange (money)” in Chinese

Traditional 兌換

What 兑换 means

  1. to exchange (money)
  2. to convert
  3. to exchange

How to say 兑换

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兑duì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale换huàn4th tone, falling

兑换 in a sentence

  1. 我想兑换旅行支票。

    Wǒ xiǎng duìhuàn lǚxíng zhīpiào.

    I’d like to cash some traveller’s cheques.

    Sentence #801384 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我可以在这里兑换这张支票吗？

    Wǒ kěyǐ zài zhèlǐ duìhuàn zhè zhāng zhīpiào ma?

    Can I cash this cheque here?

    Sentence #13795585 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 兑换 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 兑 (duì) with each of its parts in a different colour
兑duìto cash
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
The character 换 (huàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
换huànto exchange
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 奂numerous · huànSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 奂 (huàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with huàn.

How to write 兑换

兑 7 strokes · 换 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

兑换 (duìhuàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 兑换 (duìhuàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 兑换

Words with 兑

兑现duìxiàn · to fulfil (a promise)

Words with 换

换huàn · change交换jiāohuàn · to exchange

More words: Money & Economy

保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product出口chūkǒu · exit发票fāpiào · invoice风险fēngxiǎn · risk股票gǔpiào · shares黄金huángjīn · gold

FAQs

兑换 (duìhuàn) means “to exchange (money)” or “to convert”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it duìhuàn: duì with a 4th tone, then huàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 兑换 is written 兌換. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duihuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兑换 from the suggestions. Typing duihuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兑换 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.