HSK 3 · Verbs

换 huàn “change” in Chinese

Traditional 換

What 换 means

  1. change
  2. to exchange
  3. to barter
  4. to trade
  5. to change (clothes etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to substitute
  • to switch
  • to convert (currency)

How to say 换

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

换 in a sentence

  1. 我回家换了衣服。

    Wǒ huíjiā huàn le yīfu.

    I went home and changed my clothes.

    Sentence #353542 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他在银行换钱。

    Tā zài yínháng huàn qián.

    He exchanges money at the bank.

    Sentence #2200451 from Tatoeba

  3. 好久不见。听说你又换工作了？

    Hǎojiǔ bú jiàn. Tīngshuō nǐ yòu huàn gōngzuò le?

    Long time no see. I hear you’ve changed jobs again?

    Sentence #8742129 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 换

换 10 strokes

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

Words related to 换

Words with 换

交换jiāohuàn · to exchange兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)

More words: Common Verbs

过guo · particle for past experience (have done)过去guòqù · in the past花huā · flower画huà · draw见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody教jiāo · teach接jiē · connect结婚jiéhūn · get married

FAQs

换 (huàn) means “change” or “to exchange”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it huàn: 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, 换 is written 換. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 换 from the suggestions. Typing huan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
换 is an HSK 3 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.