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换车 (huàn chē) — to transfer (to another bus/train), to change vehicles

Definition

换车 (huàn chē) specifically means 'to transfer between vehicles' on a trip — change buses, trains, or subways mid-journey. It is not for changing one's own car; for that use 换车 or 换 depending on context, and for simply 'ride/take' use 坐.

verb
to transfer (to another bus/train)to change vehicles

Examples

  • 换车。
    Cóng zhè ge dì tiě zhàn huàn chē zuì fāng biàn.
    It's most convenient to change trains at this subway station.
  • 。
    Wǒ men zhī xū yào huàn yí cì chē jiù néng dào.
    We only need to change vehicles once to get there.
  • ，。
    Zuò sān zhàn hòu xià chē, zài huàn lìng yí liàng chē.
    Get off after three stops, then transfer to another bus.

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
车chēvehicle

换 a 车 means change vehicles, transferring to another bus or train.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
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