切換

Chinese

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

Etymology

Probably an Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 切り換える (kirikaeru, “to switch”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiēhuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ wun⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiat-ōaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiēhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - 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
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-ōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiat-uānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiat'voa
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ uã³³/

Verb

切換

to cut (from one to mode to another); to switch
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.)