Chinese symbol for “switch”
交换机
jiāo huàn jī
Traditional: 交換機
switch (telecommunications)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for switch is 交换机 (jiāo huàn jī), defined as: switch (telecommunications).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “switch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转接 (轉接) | zhuǎn jiē | (telephony etc) to switch; to connect |
| 替换 (替換) | tì huàn | to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch |
| 换 (換) | huàn | to exchange; to change (clothes etc) |
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 交换器 (交換器) | jiāo huàn qì | (telecom or network) switch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 交换机.
| 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 |
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 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) |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “switch”.
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.