撤换 (chè huàn) — to dismiss and replace (someone from a position…

Definition

verb

to dismiss and replace (someone from a position)to recall and substitute

撤换。
Gōng sī jué dìng chè huàn gāi bù mén de zhǔ guǎn.
The company decided to dismiss and replace the manager of that department.
，撤换。
Rú guǒ xiàng mù jìn dù luò hòu, fù zé rén kě néng huì bèi chè huàn.
If the project falls behind schedule, the person in charge might be replaced.
撤换。
Zhèng fǔ chè huàn le jǐ míng bú chèn zhí de guān yuán.
The government dismissed and replaced several incompetent officials.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

撤 means to remove and 换 means to replace, so together they describe dismissing someone and putting another in place.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

徹

徹chè撤chè

Same sound today

撤 pairs 扌 (hand) with 徹, which gives the sound. The shape shows removing something by hand.

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

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.

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