Chinese word

轮换

Pronunciation

Pinyinlún huàn

Meaning

  • verbtake turns

Example

我们轮换开车。wǒ men lún huàn kāi chē

We take turns driving.

Illustration for 轮换 (take turns)

More examples

工厂要求工人在不同工序之间轮换工作。gōng chǎng yāo qiú gōng rén zài bù tóng gōng xù zhī jiān lún huàn gōng zuò

The factory requires workers to rotate through different stages of production.

Core concept

A fixed role or place passes around a group in an ordered cycle.

Common phrases

  • 轮换人员lún huàn rén yuán

    rotate staff

  • 轮换使用lún huàn shǐ yòng

    use in rotation

  • 轮换阵容lún huàn zhèn róng

    rotate the lineup

Similar words

轮流lún liú: To do something one at a time in a set order.
交替jiāo tì: To take over when one person or thing finishes, with another replacing it.
替换tì huàn: To replace one thing with another.
轮班lún bān: To work in shifts, taking turns in an assigned order.

Definition in Chinese

使人或物按次序互相替代位置或职责，常用于轮流值班、轮换队员等场合。shǐ rén huò wù àn cì xù hù xiāng tì dài wèi zhì huò zhí zé cháng yòng yú lún liú zhí bān lún huàn duì yuán děng chǎng hé

Word origin

轮 (lún, "wheel") + 换 (huàn, "change") connects circular movement with the replacement of one person or thing by another.

Usage tips

  • In everyday driving talk, the subject can be the whole group, describing a shared arrangement rather than naming each person who changes places.

Other meanings

  • rotationnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 轮换制lún huàn zhìrotation systemnoun

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