huàn

to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 換

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 换乘huànchéngto change train (plane, bus etc)B4
  • 更换gēnghuànto replace (a worn-out tire etc)B5
  • 交换jiāohuànto exchangeB5
  • 转换zhuǎnhuànto changeB6
  • 变换biànhuànto transformB7
  • 兑换duìhuànto convertB7
  • 换取huànqǔto obtain (sth) in exchangeB7

See it in sentences

我想换一件上衣。

I want to get a different jacket.

他换了工作。

He changed jobs.