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Mandarin · pinyin huàn chéng

to change train (plane, bus etc)
transfer between modes of transport

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換: huàn · change, exchange; substitute
乘: chéng · ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles
换: huàn · change

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4–2 · huan4 cheng2

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verb

to transfer (between modes of transport); to change (to a different bus, subway, train, ferry, etc.)

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