换成 (huàn chéng) — to change into, to replace with | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

换成 (huàn chéng) is the result of a swap: 'change A into/replace with B', typically used with 把 to rearrange money, passwords, jobs, and similar. Pairs naturally with 把; not for describing transformation in general.

verb

to change intoto replace with

Examples

换成。
Wǒ xiǎng bǎ měi yuán huàn chéng rén mín bì.
I want to change US dollars into RMB.
换成。
Tā dǎ suàn bǎ jiù gōng zuò huàn chéng xīn gōng zuò.
He plans to replace his old job with a new one.
换成？
Nǐ bǎ mì mǎ huàn chéng le ma?
Have you changed your password?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

成chéngbecome

换 means change and 成 means become, so the action results in a new form.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng成chéng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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