换季 (huàn jì) — (v.o.) to change (clothes, products, routines) for the new season; seasonal transition

Definition

Verbal phrase meaning 'to switch over for a new season' — swapping out clothes, changing product lines, or adjusting routines as the weather turns. Separable: 换季 / 换了季 / 换个季.

verb
(v.o.) to change (clothes, products, routines) for the new seasonseasonal transition

Examples

  • ，换季。
    Qiū tiān dào le, shāng chǎng zhèng zài huàn jì.
    Autumn has arrived; the mall is undergoing a seasonal change.
  • ，。
    Wǒ yǐ jīng huàn le jì le, bǎ xià tiān de yī fu dōu shōu qǐ lái le.
    I've already changed for the new season and put away all my summer clothes.
  • 换季。
    Zhè jiā diàn měi dào huàn jì dōu huì dǎ zhé.
    This store has a sale every time the seasons change.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

换huànchange
季jìseason

换 means change, 季 means season, so 换季 is changing things for a new season.

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 →

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

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.

Open 季 →

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