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to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
HSK 2
to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute
HSK 4
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
HSK 7-9
to swap places / (logic) conversion / (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)
HSK 7-9
to rotate; to take turns
HSK 7-9
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
in other words
HSK 7-9
to dismiss and replace (sb) / to replace (sb or sth)
HSK 7-9
to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into
HSK 7-9
to convert / to exchange
HSK 7-9
to replace with sth new / to upgrade
to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
to permute / permutation (math.) / to displace / displacement / to replace / replacement
to exchange
to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
commutation (electricity)
to take a breath (in swimming) / to ventilate
to exchange / to swap
to change personnel upon expiry of a term of office
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
to exchange / to change places / to swap
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
to substitute on the sly
to change money / to sell
wife swapping
to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc) / substitution
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to guarantee replacement (of faulty goods) / warranty
to change gear
to wrap (text) / line feed (computing)
to substitute / to replace
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
to swap / to replace / to exchange / to change
to exchange (a purchased item)
to exchange / to change / to swap
to relieve a sentry / to change the guard
to change workshifts
rotation of crops
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
to exchange cards containing personal details (when taking an oath of fraternity)
in other words
converter / transducer
tool change (mechanics)
analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
reform and renewal / generational change
to change (currency) illegally / fraudulent exchange
to swap / to exchange / to transpose / to replace
bill of exchange (international trade)
to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance
metonymy
digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
switch (telecommunications)
to put oneself in sb else’s shoes
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
to molt / to change feathers
to return a product for another item
currency exchange rate
equal-value exchange
(computing) network address translation
replacement guaranteed if not genuine / fig. authentic
conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
(math.) Fourier transform
(math.) permutation group
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly
(telecom or network) switch
barter
exchange value
commutative law xy = yx (math)
electronic exchange of data
switching technology
market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")
(idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere
missense mutation
ion exchange
exchange of unequal values
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
a projective transformation
house-swap vacation
gear lever
heat exchanger
integral transform (math.)
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
(math.) commutative algebra
(math.) commutative algebra
switched Ethernet
exchange student
interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
switched network

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