換

简 换 · 繁 換
Mandarin · pinyin huàn

Meanings

  1. to exchange
  2. to change (clothes etc)
  3. to substitute
  4. to switch
  5. to convert (currency)
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換
huàn · change, exchange; substitute
换
huàn · change
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4 · huan4

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character

  1. to exchange
  2. to change; to exchange; to replace; to swap; to switch; to substitute

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