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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 replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
in other words
HSK 7-9
to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
HSK 7-9
to convert / to exchange
HSK 7-9
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to rotate; to take turns
HSK 7-9
to swap places / (logic) conversion / (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)
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 exchange
to change money / to sell
to exchange (a purchased item)
to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
converter / transducer
to replace with sth new / to upgrade
to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc) / substitution
to permute / permutation (math.) / to displace / displacement / to replace / replacement
digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
in other words
to take a breath (in swimming) / to ventilate
switch (telecommunications)
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 exchange / to change places / to swap
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
equal-value exchange
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
to guarantee replacement (of faulty goods) / warranty
to swap / to replace / to exchange / to change
currency exchange rate
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
reform and renewal / generational change
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
to substitute on the sly
to relieve a sentry / to change the guard
to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
to change workshifts
to exchange / to swap
to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)
to change gear
to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
to exchange cards containing personal details (when taking an oath of fraternity)
exchange value
rotation of crops
barter
interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
electronic exchange of data
exchange of unequal values
to exchange / to change / to swap
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
to change places / to swap places
ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
to molt / to change feathers
to change (currency) illegally / fraudulent exchange
to wrap (text) / line feed (computing)
to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
(telecom or network) switch
to molt
currency exchange
commutative law xy = yx (math)
to substitute / to replace
conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
wife swapping
to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance
tool change (mechanics)
metonymy
(math.) commutative algebra
switching technology
commutation (electricity)
heat exchanger
analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
(computing) network address translation
missense mutation
automatic tool changer (ATC)
ion exchange
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
(math.) commutative algebra
switched Ethernet
exchange student
switched network
Switched Virtual Circuit / SVC
(math.) Fourier transform
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
(Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
packet switching
labor exchanges

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