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置換

简 置换 · 繁 置換
Mandarin · pinyin zhì huàn

Meanings

  1. to permute
  2. permutation (math.)
  3. to displace
  4. displacement
  5. to replace
  6. replacement
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置
zhì · place, lay out; set aside
換
huàn · change, exchange; substitute
换
huàn · change
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4–4 · zhi4 huan4

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verb

  1. to permute; to displace; to substitute
  2. (chemistry) to displace (another element in a reaction)
  3. (mathematics) to permute

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