切換

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	change; exchange
trad. (切換)		切	換
simp. (切换)		切	换

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiēhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ wun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiēhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciehuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹-huan⁴
    • Yale: chyē-hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehuann
    • Palladius: цехуань (cexuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cit³ wun⁶
    • Yale: chit wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ wuːn²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 切換／切换 撤換／撤换

Verb

切換

1. to cut (from one to mode to another); to switch
2. to change; to transform; to convert

Synonyms

• (to change):

• 修改 (xiūgǎi)
• 改動／改动 (gǎidòng)
• 改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)
• 改觀／改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
• 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
• 更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
• 更改 (gēnggǎi)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 移 (yí)
• 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
• 竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
• 變／变 (biàn)
• 變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變更／变更 (biàngēng)
• 變變／变变 (Hokkien)
• 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
• 轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
• 轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
• 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 遷／迁 (qiān)
• 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切	換
きり Grade: 2	かえ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 切換 – see the following entry.

【切きり替かえ】 [noun] exchange, conversion, replacement, switching, switchover Alternative spellings 切り換え, 切替え, 切換え, 切替

(This term, 切換, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)