to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace

verbpreposition HSK 3.0 · Band 5

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

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

See it in sentences

明天我替你值日吧。

Let me take the duty roster for you tomorrow.

谁愿意替生病的同学跑一趟?

Who would run this errand in place of our sick classmate?