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替换 (tì huàn) — to replace, to substitute (one thing for another)

Definition

替换 is a formal verb meaning 'to replace / substitute' (one thing for another). Stronger and more written than 换; unlike 代替, it foregrounds the swapping of objects rather than standing in for someone.

verb
to replaceto substitute (one thing for another)

Examples

  • 替换。
    Qǐng yòng xīn de tì huàn jiù de.
    Please replace the old one with the new one.
  • 替换。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ zì dòng tì huàn cuò wù de shù jù.
    This software can automatically replace incorrect data.
  • 替换。
    Tā tì huàn le yǐ jīng yòng wán de diàn chí.
    He replaced the used-up batteries.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

替tìexchange
换huànexchange

替 and 换 both mean to exchange, so together they express replacing or substituting.

Characters in this word

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

替 combines 竝, two figures side by side, with 曰; the picture shows those figures changing places.

Open 替 →

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 →
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