Chinese symbol for “commute”
交换
jiāo huàn
Traditional: 交換
to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commute is 交换 (jiāo huàn), defined as: to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “commute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改判 | gǎi pàn | (law) to amend a judgment; to commute; (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score |
| 通车 (通車) | tōng chē | to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 交换.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 外交 | wài jiāo | diplomacy; diplomatic |
| 交给 (交給) | jiāo gěi | to give; to deliver; to hand over |
| 转换 (轉換) | zhuǎn huàn | to change; to switch |
| 更换 (更換) | gēng huàn | to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc) |
| 兑换 (兌換) | duì huàn | to convert; to exchange |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commute”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.