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换人 (huàn rén) — (sports) to substitute a player; (general) to replace a person (in a team, job, etc.)

Definition

换人 is a separable verb: 换 (replace) + 人 (person/player). It splits as 换…人 or 换了…次人 in past/finished contexts, as in 换了三次人 (made three substitutions). Use it for swapping people in sports, teams, or jobs.

verb
(sports) to substitute a player(general) to replace a person (in a team, job, etc.)

Examples

  • 换人。
    Jiào liàn jué dìng zài zuì hòu wǔ fēn zhōng huàn rén.
    The coach decided to make a substitution in the last five minutes.
  • 。
    Zhè chǎng bǐ sài wǒ men huàn le sān cì rén.
    We made three substitutions in this match.
  • 换人，。
    Gōng sī xiǎng huàn rén, dàn xīn yuán gōng hái méi dào.
    The company wants to replace someone, but the new employee hasn't arrived yet.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

换huànreplace
人rénperson

换 means to replace and 人 is the person being replaced, giving 'substitute a player'.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 換; 换 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
奐
奐huàn換huàn
Same sound today

For the traditional form 換, 手 is the hand part and 奐 gives the sound; this note is about 換, not the simplified 换.

Open 换 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →
Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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