兑换率 (duì huàn lǜ) — exchange rate (of currency)

Definition

noun
exchange rate (of currency)

Examples

  • ，兑换率。
    Chū guó lǚ xíng qián, zuì hǎo chá yí xià zuì jìn de duì huàn lǜ.
    Before traveling abroad, it's best to check the latest exchange rate.
  • 兑换率。
    Zhè jiā yín háng tí gōng de duì huàn lǜ bǐ qí tā yín háng gèng yōu huì.
    The exchange rate offered by this bank is more favorable than other banks.
  • 兑换率。
    Huì lǜ bō dòng huì yǐng xiǎng guó jì mào yì zhōng de duì huàn lǜ.
    Exchange rate fluctuations can affect the exchange rate in international trade.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

兑换exchange
兑duìexchange换huànexchange
联合Side by side
率lǜrate

兑 and 换 both mean exchange, forming 兑换; 率 is a rate, so the word is an exchange rate.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 兌; 兑 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 兌 combines 人, 口, and 八, showing a person's mouth with marks above, read as speech or as a smiling mouth. The simplified 兑 is not the form described here.

Open 兑 →

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.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →

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