Arguments

Agent, Theme given, counter-Theme received, Partner · Mandarin cloth · working claim, revisable

交换 · seventh edition · one object · ~纪念品 · ~意见 · 两队~场地 · no 用 · no 把 · no 跟 / 和 / 与 / 同

换 · thing given in 用 · bare object the other thing · 我用大米~过鸡蛋 · 他用一头牛换来一匹马 · partner 和 · 和我~着玩儿 · 跟 inside 换得着 · 我跟他换得着吗

把 + original + 换成 + new item · 把一种货币~成另一种货币 · 把整钱换成零钱 · 拿 + thing given + 换到 + thing received · 他拿两间平房换到一间楼房

兑换 · seventh edition · 用美圆~人民币 · ~现金 · 成 unprinted on those examples · 调换 is 同“掉换” · 咱们俩~一下

An exchange, on this reading, has someone who gives a thing and receives another, and a partner when a line names one. The seventh edition of 现代汉语词典 defines 交换 as 双方各拿出自己的给对方;互换 and fills 交换纪念品, 交换意见, and 两队交换场地. Sense 2 is 以商品换商品;买卖商品, with no example. The same edition defines 换 sense 1 as 给人东西同时从他那里取得别的东西 and fills only the compounds 交换 and 调换. Sense 2 is 变换;更换, with 换车, 换人, and 换衣服. Sense 3 is the single word 兑换. The two-thing clause is on the usage article, not in that seventh-edition entry.

Where this frame diverges from the English gloss exchange X for Y with Z. Cambridge’s learner entry, as the Portuguese and German pages cite it, prints exchange something for something: I exchanged those trousers for a larger size. The bare object is the thing given. For is the thing received. The business entry prints exchange sth with sb as a separate pattern. The seventh edition’s 交换 prints neither a for-phrase nor a with-phrase. 换 prints both things, and it prints them in the other order. The usage article’s barter sense gives 我用大米换过鸡蛋. 用 is on 大米. 鸡蛋 is the bare object. The same article’s directional line is 他用一头牛换来一匹马: 用 is on the cow, and 来 brings in the horse. The seventh edition’s 兑换 defines the verb as 用一种货币换另一种货币 and fills 用美圆兑换人民币. 用 is on the currency used. 人民币 is the bare object, the other currency. English exchange X for Y makes X the bare object and the given thing. 用 X 换 Y makes X the thing given and Y the bare object. The partner, where a line prints one, stands before the verb: 和我 in 你的玩具可以和我换着玩儿吗, 跟他 in 我跟他换得着吗. 汉典’s basic example prints 与你交换位置. A 同 phrase is unprinted in the articles opened. A clause that stacks the partner, 用, and the bare object is unprinted. Portuguese por and com, Spanish por and con, French contre and avec, German gegen plus accusative and mit plus dative, Italian con for both seats, and Russian на plus accusative against с plus instrumental keep the received thing and the partner on two markers. The Japanese page keeps both seats on one particle, in different clauses.

成 marks the new item on 换成. The seventh edition’s 兑换 examples do not print it. The usage article’s currency sense of 换 prints 把一种货币换成另一种货币. 把 is the currency one starts with. 成 is the currency one ends with. The note under 换开 prints the schema 把整钱换成零钱 and the clause 您能帮我把这张100元钱换开吗. The example’s verb is 换开. 换成 is the schema line. CC-CEDICT, as MDBG prints it, glosses the headword 换成 as “to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into” and prints no clause. The seventh edition of 兑换 prints 兑换现金 and 用美圆兑换人民币. 成 is absent there. 两岸通用词典, as the same character page prints it, puts 換成 in the definition prose, 將有價證券換成現金 and 將一種貨幣換成另一種貨幣, and the examples are 兌換券, 兌換獎金, and 兌換歐元. Those examples fill one object and leave 成 out of the example string.

调换 and 掉换 are one article pair. 互换 and 交流 print one object. The seventh edition heads 掉换 with 彼此互换, examples 掉换位置 and 咱们俩掉换一下,你上午值班,我下午值班, and with 更换, examples 掉换领导班子 and 这根木料太细,掉换一根粗的. The note is 也作调换. The 调换 article is 同“掉换”. No 跟, 和, 与, or 同 is in those examples. The two people are the subject 咱们俩. 互换 is 互相交换, with 互换信物 and 互换种子. 交流 sense 2 is 彼此把自己有的供给对方, with 物资交流, 文化交流, and 交流工作经验. Sense 1, 涕泪交流, is streams crossing. No 用 and no 成 is in those lines.

Places · who wears which marking

The seventh edition’s 交换 names one object. The usage article’s 换 puts the thing given in 用 or in 拿 and the other thing in the bare object, with 来 or 到 when the line has a directional. 把 fronts the original, and 成 names the new item. The partner stands before the verb in 和 or in 跟. 给 after the verb is the person who receives the book or the pen in the lines that print it. 兑换 in the seventh edition uses 用 and a bare object. 掉换 puts both people in the subject.

Printed 用 · thing given · bare object the other thing

✓ 我用大米换过鸡蛋 usage article · cd.mdict.net · sense 1 以物易物 · 用 on 大米 · bare object 鸡蛋 · the line adds no directional

✓ 他用一头牛换来一匹马 usage article · 换来 · 用 on the cow · 来 brings in the horse

✓ 用美圆兑换人民币 · 兑换现金 现代汉语词典 · seventh edition · 用一种货币换另一种货币 · the page prints 美圆 · 成 is absent

✓ 八斤大豆才换半斤油,我可换不起 usage article · 换得起 · 八斤大豆 is the subject · 半斤油 is the object · no 用

rice and eggs · a cow and a horse · American dollars and renminbi · soybeans and oil · 用 is the thing given · the bare object is the other thing · the soybean line puts the given thing in the subject

Printed partner · 和 · 跟 · 与 · before the verb

✓ 你的玩具可以和我换着玩儿吗 usage article · sense 1 · 和我 before 换 · the toy is the subject · no second thing

✓ 他让我把这支好笔换给小明,我跟他换得着吗 usage article · under 换得着 · the note is 该不该换 · 跟他 is the partner of 换得着 · 小明 is the person after 给

✓ 我希望我能与你交换位置 汉典 · basic explanation · 与你 before 交换 · object 位置 · this line is not in the seventh-edition examples

✓ 交换纪念品 · 交换意见 · 两队交换场地 现代汉语词典 · seventh edition · one object · 两队 is the subject · no coverb

swap toys with me · exchange with him, and give Xiao Ming the pen · exchange places with you · exchange souvenirs, opinions, ends of the field · 和, 跟, and 与 are three printed partners · 同 is unprinted · the seventh edition’s 交换 prints no partner

把 · 换成 · the original and the new item

✓ 把一种货币换成另一种货币 usage article · sense 3 兑换 · 把 the currency one starts with · 成 the currency one ends with

✓ 把整钱换成零钱 · 您能帮我把这张100元钱换开吗 usage article · 换开 · the schema prints 换成 · the clause prints 换开

✓ 把这本书换给他 · 我换给他一支好笔 usage article · sense 1 · 把 the book · 给 the person who receives it · the pen line has no 把 and no 成

✓ 换成 CC-CEDICT · MDBG · gloss “to exchange (sth) for (sth else)” · no clause · no 把

one currency into another · a large note into small change · the book to him · a good pen to him · 成 is the new item · 给 is the person who receives the thing in that line · the seventh edition’s 兑换 prints 用, not this 成

拿 · thing given · 换到 the thing received

✓ 他拿两间平房换到一间楼房 usage article · 换到 · 拿 on the bungalow · 到 on the flat

✓ 他拿两间平房换一间楼房 constructed · the printed line has 换到 · a bare 拿 X 换 Y is unprinted

two bungalow rooms and one flat · 拿 is the thing given · the received thing is the object of 换到

换 · double object · and 给

✓ 换他两本书 usage article · sense 1 · 可带名词宾语、双宾语 · person then thing · the entry does not gloss which noun is given

✓ 我一次就换给他一千多元零钱 · 我把手里的零钱都换给别人了 usage article · 换+给 · under the currency sense · the person after 给 receives the change

two books and him · more than a thousand yuan in change to him · the change to other people · the bare double object is printed · its direction is unglossed · 给 names the receiver of the thing

掉换 / 调换 · both people in the subject

✓ 掉换位置 · 咱们俩掉换一下,你上午值班,我下午值班 现代汉语词典 · seventh edition · 彼此互换 · 咱们俩 is the subject · no coverb

✓ 掉换领导班子 · 这根木料太细,掉换一根粗的 seventh edition · 更换 · one object · 也作调换

✓ 调换 seventh edition · the article is 同“掉换”

✓ 就把次序调换过来了 萧乾 · 剑桥书简 · as the 调换 引证 prints it · 把次序 · 过来 · no 成 · no 用

swap places · the two of us swap shifts · replace the leadership · a thicker piece of timber · swap the order of the seats · the partner is inside 咱们俩 · 同 on this line is the dictionary’s “same as,” not a partner marker

互换 · 交流 · one object

✓ 互换信物 · 互换种子 现代汉语词典 · seventh edition · 互相交换 · no partner coverb · no 用

✓ 畢業典禮後,同學們彼此忙著互換紀念品 重編國語辭典 · as the character page prints it · 彼此 · object 紀念品

✓ 物资交流 · 文化交流 · 交流工作经验 第七版 · sense 2 彼此把自己有的供给对方 · one object or a noun compound

✓ 涕泪交流 · 河港交流 seventh edition · sense 1 交错地流淌 · off the goods frame

exchange tokens · exchange seed · exchange souvenirs · exchange goods, culture, work experience · tears and a river · 交流 sense 2 shares what one has · it does not print 用 X 换 Y

Places of Mandarin 交换 and 换: introducer, marking, status, and the English marking beside the other exchange pages
PlaceIntroduced by (working)Mandarin markingStatus in the sourcesEnglish and the other exchange pages
Agentsubjectbare noun phrase before the verb我用大米 · 他用一头牛 · 他拿 · 两队 · 咱们俩 · omitted on 交换纪念品subject of exchange · subject of trocar, intercambiar, échanger, scambiare, tauschen, and обменять
Themethe thing given用 · 拿 · 把 · or the subject, on the soybean line用大米 · 用一头牛 · 用美圆 · 拿两间平房 · 把一种货币 · 把这本书 · 八斤大豆 as subject · seventh-edition 交换 prints the object and does not split given from receivedbare object of exchange · direct object of Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Italian · accusative of German and of Russian обменять
Counter-Themethe thing receivedbare object after 换 · object of 换来 / 换到 · noun after 成鸡蛋 · 一匹马 · 人民币 · 一间楼房 · 半斤油 · 另一种货币 · 零钱 · 成 unprinted on seventh-edition 兑换English for · Portuguese por · Spanish por · French contre · German gegen+accusative · Italian con · Russian на+accusative
Partnerthe other person和 / 跟 / 与 + noun, before the verb和我 on 换 · 跟他 inside 换得着 · 与你 on 汉典’s 交换 · 同 unprinted · seventh-edition 交换 and 掉换 print no coverb · 咱们俩 and 两队 hold both peopleEnglish with · Portuguese com · Spanish con · French avec · German mit+dative · Italian partner con is the same preposition as the Italian counter-Theme · Russian partner с+instrumental is on -ся
Goalthe new item成 · directional 来 / 到换成另一种货币 · 换成零钱 · 换来一匹马 · 换到一间楼房 · CC-CEDICT glosses 换成 with English for and prints no clauseEnglish for of the received thing · 成 matches that seat · the bare object of 用 X 换 Y is the same seat with no 成
Recipient of the thingperson after 给给 + person换给他 · 换给小明 · 换给别人 · the 换得着 sentence prints 跟他 and 换给小明 as two peopleEnglish with is the partner · this 给 is the receiver of the pen or the book · a partner in 给 is a different line from 和 / 跟

Marking map. On 用 X 换 Y, read 用 as the thing given and the bare object as the thing received. On 把 X 换成 Y, read 把 as the original and 成 as the new item. On 拿 X 换到 Y, read 拿 as the thing given and 到 as the thing reached. Read 和, 跟, and 与 as the partner when the line prints one before the verb. Read 给 as the person who receives the thing in the 换给 lines. The seventh edition’s 交换 prints one object and leaves this split unprinted.

EN ⇄ ZH valency strip

Each row lines up one English slot with a Mandarin slot. The alignment type says what happens to the slot: = (same object status), or shift (English for or with against the marker the line prints). Printed lines come first. Every other sentence is constructed, modelled on a printed line. They show the working alignment. They are not frequency, and not a bilingual corpus.

English–Mandarin valency alignment for exchange / 交换, one row per argument
SlotEN formZH formAlignEN exampleZH example
Agentsubjectsubject=I exchanged those trousers Cambridge · as on the Portuguese page我 · 他 · 两队 usage article · seventh edition
Themeobject of exchange用 / 拿 / 把 · the thing givenshift · English bare object is given · Mandarin 用 is given · the seventh-edition object of 交换 is not splitthose trousers Cambridge用大米 · 用美圆 · 拿两间平房 usage article · seventh edition
Counter-Themefor + NPbare object · or 成shift · the bare object of 用 X 换 Y is the thing received · English for is that seat · 成 is that seat on 换成for a larger size Cambridge鸡蛋 · 人民币 · 另一种货币 usage article · seventh edition
Partnerwith + person和 / 跟 / 与 before the verbshift · the person is preverbal · 同 is unprinted · seventh-edition 交换 prints no partnerexchange sth with sb Cambridge business和我 · 跟他 · 与你 usage article · 汉典
Goalfor + the received thing成shift of the marker · 把 holds the original, which is English’s bare object · 成 holds the new itemfor a larger size Cambridge · the money sense is this slot’s gloss换成另一种货币 · 换成零钱 usage article
Reciprocalobject of exchangeone object · plural subject= of the object · both people are 两队 or 咱们俩 · no second thingexchange greetings Cambridge交换意见 · 咱们俩掉换一下 · 交流工作经验 seventh edition
Full stackexchange X for Y with Zpartner + 用 + bare objectunprinted · 和我 and 用大米换过鸡蛋 are different lines · Cambridge does not print with and for in one clauseexchange the drawing with him for a book constructed · not a Cambridge clause他和小王用大米换鸡蛋。 constructed · 用大米 and 和我 are printed apart · 小王 is not a name in the articles

The strip below is a set of small multiples. Each card holds one frame, with English on top and Mandarin under it. The subject chip is the party the clause actually makes the subject.

EN · ZH · 用 and the bare object

用大米 · for a larger size

I exchanged those trousers for a larger size.

我用大米换过鸡蛋。他用一头牛换来一匹马。用美圆兑换人民币。

ZH · usage article · seventh edition · EN · Cambridge · 用 is given · the bare object is received · Portuguese por · Spanish por · French contre · German gegen+accusative · Italian counter-Theme is con · Russian на+accusative

RolesHide roles AgentThemeCounter-Theme
Agent I · 我 · 他 · omitted on 用美圆 Theme those trousers · 用大米 · 用一头牛 · 用美圆 Counter-Theme for a larger size · 鸡蛋 · 一匹马 · 人民币

Move The thing given is 用. The thing received is the bare object. English marks the given thing as the bare object and the received thing with for. Portuguese and Spanish mark the received thing with por and por. French marks it with contre. German marks it with gegen plus accusative. Italian marks it with con. Russian marks it with на plus accusative. The horse line adds 来. The egg line does not.

EN · ZH · partner · 和 · 跟 · 与

和我 · 跟他 · 与你

exchange sth with sb

你的玩具可以和我换着玩儿吗。我跟他换得着吗。我希望我能与你交换位置。

ZH · usage article · 汉典 · EN · Cambridge business · with · Portuguese com · Spanish con · French avec · German mit+dative · Russian с+instrumental on -ся

RolesHide roles AgentThemePartner
Agent omitted · 我 · the toy is the subject of the first line Theme sth · 玩具 · 位置 · absent on 跟他 Partner with sb · 和我 · 跟他 · 与你

Move The partner is a preverbal 和, 跟, or 与. English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and German keep a preposition for the person. 同 is unprinted. The seventh edition’s 交换 prints no partner coverb. 跟他 sits in the 换得着 note.

ZH · 把 · 换成

一种货币 · 零钱

exchange something for something

把一种货币换成另一种货币。把整钱换成零钱。

usage article · sense 3 and the 换开 schema · 把 is the original · 成 is the new item · the clause under the schema is 换开

RolesHide roles ThemeGoal
Theme 一种货币 · 整钱 Goal 另一种货币 · 零钱

Move 把 is the thing one starts with, the seat of English’s bare object. 成 is the new item, the seat of English for. This order matches the English gloss. 用 X 换 Y reverses the bare object.

ZH · 拿 · 换到

两间平房 · 一间楼房

exchange something for something

他拿两间平房换到一间楼房。

usage article · 拿 is given · 到 is received · a bare 拿 X 换 Y is unprinted

RolesHide roles AgentThemeCounter-Theme
Agent 他 Theme 拿两间平房 Counter-Theme 一间楼房

Move 拿 marks the thing given, as 用 does. The received thing is the object of 换到. The printed line keeps 到.

ZH · 兑换 · seventh edition

用美圆 · 人民币

exchange something for something

用美圆兑换人民币。兑换现金。

现代汉语词典 · seventh edition · 成 is unprinted · 两岸通用词典 puts 換成 in the definition and the example is 兌換歐元

RolesHide roles ThemeCounter-Theme
Theme 用美圆 · absent on 兑换现金 Counter-Theme 人民币 · 现金

Move Currency exchange on this headword is 用 plus a bare object. 成 belongs to 换成 on 换, and to the definition prose of the cross-strait dictionary. It is not in the seventh-edition examples.

ZH · 交换 · one object

纪念品 · 意见 · 场地

exchange something

交换纪念品。交换意见。两队交换场地。

seventh edition · sense 1 · no 用 · no partner coverb · 两队 holds both sides

RolesHide roles AgentTheme
Agent omitted · 两队 Theme 纪念品 · 意见 · 场地

Move The headword gloss prints one object. The two parties of 双方各拿出自己的给对方 are in the definition. The examples do not give them a coverb, and they do not split a thing given from a thing received.

ZH · 掉换 · 互换 · 交流

咱们俩 · 信物 · 工作经验

exchange something

咱们俩掉换一下。互换信物。交流工作经验。

seventh edition · 调换 is 同“掉换” · 涕泪交流 is a different sense

RolesHide roles AgentTheme
Agent 咱们俩 · omitted on the token line and the experience line Theme the shift, unprinted as a noun on 一下 · 信物 · 工作经验

Move Both people of 掉换 are the subject. 互换 and 交流 take one object. None of the three prints 用 X 换 Y.

ZH · unprinted construction

partner and 用

exchange the drawing with him for a book

他和小王用大米换鸡蛋。

constructed · 用大米换过鸡蛋 is the usage article · 和我 is the usage article · no article opened here stacks the partner and 用 · 同 is also unprinted · 小王 is not a printed partner

RolesHide roles AgentThemeCounter-ThemePartner
Agent 他 Theme 用大米 Counter-Theme 鸡蛋 Partner 和小王

Move The English gloss exchange X for Y with Z is this stack. Cambridge prints for and with apart. Mandarin prints 用 and 和 in different clauses. The constructed clause is not a grammatical claim.

Examples

Argument difference. English exchange X for Y marks the given thing as the bare object and the received thing with for. English exchange X with Z marks the other person with with. Cambridge does not print those two in one clause. The seventh edition’s 交换 prints one object and no partner. 换 marks the given thing with 用 and the received thing as the bare object, the reverse of the English bare object. 把 X 换成 Y marks the original with 把 and the new item with 成. The partner is preverbal 和, 跟, or 与. 同 is unprinted. A clause that stacks the partner and 用 is unprinted.

Dictionary frames and lines · quoted as printed

交换纪念品。 · 交换意见。 · 两队交换场地。 · 用美圆兑换人民币。 · 兑换现金。 · 掉换位置。 · 咱们俩掉换一下,你上午值班,我下午值班。 · 互换信物。 · 互换种子。 · 交流工作经验。 · 物资交流。 · 涕泪交流。 现代汉语词典 · seventh edition · the swings of the source are restored here · the page prints 美圆

我用大米换过鸡蛋。 · 你的玩具可以和我换着玩儿吗。 · 换他两本书。 · 把这本书换给他。 · 我换给他一支好笔。 · 把一种货币换成另一种货币。 · 他用一头牛换来一匹马。 · 八斤大豆才换半斤油。 · 他拿两间平房换到一间楼房。 · 他让我把这支好笔换给小明,我跟他换得着吗。 usage article · cd.mdict.net · the same text at cd.newdu.com

我希望我能与你交换位置。 · 俺明日取小将军来到阵前,两相交换。 汉典 · basic explanation · 水浒传 · 第八八回

I exchanged those trousers for a larger size. · exchange something for something · exchange sth with sb Cambridge · learner for · business with · as cited on the Portuguese page · no one clause stacks with and for

Strings below are constructed, modelled on the printed lines. They are not dictionary lines. 他 is a subject of the usage article. 小王 is not a name in the articles opened.

Constructed · the pieces are printed separately

✓ 他用大米换过鸡蛋。 constructed on the usage article’s 我用大米换过鸡蛋 · 他 is the subject of 他用一头牛换来一匹马 · 用 is the thing given · 鸡蛋 is the bare object

✓ 他和小王换了座位。 constructed on 他俩刚刚换了座位 and on 和我 · partner 和 · 小王 is not the printed partner

✓ 他把美元换成人民币。 constructed on 把一种货币换成另一种货币 · the seventh edition prints 用美圆兑换人民币, with 美圆 and with no 成 · this string is unprinted

✓ 他拿两间平房换一间楼房。 constructed · the printed line is 换到 · bare 拿 X 换 Y is unprinted

✓ 他和小王用大米换鸡蛋。 constructed · 用大米 and 和我 are each printed · no article opened here stacks a partner and 用 · 同 is unprinted · the English gloss exchange X for Y with Z is the same kind of stack · Portuguese por plus com, Spanish por plus con, French contre plus avec, German gegen plus mit, Italian’s two con phrases, and Russian transitive на plus с are unprinted as one clause on trocar, intercambiar, échanger, tauschen, scambiare, and обменять

Derivations · working sketches, revisable

Each sketch is a working drawing, not a locked analysis. The drawing gives the Agent to the subject, the thing given to 用, 拿, or 把, the thing received to the bare object or to 成, and the partner to preverbal 和, 跟, or 与. The partner and 用 are not drawn in one clause, because no construction list prints them together. Open one sketch at a time. Which theta role is the object is the revisable note Causative templates and argument selection. This page does not edit that note.

The subject · Agent

The verb · one external argument

[TP —
  [  —                            ← Agent = subject
    … 换 … ]]

✓ 他用一头牛换来一匹马。 usage article

The external argument is the one who exchanges, when a clause names one. 我 and 他 are subjects of the usage article. 两队 and 咱们俩 hold both parties. The abbreviated dictionary lines omit the subject. 八斤大豆 is the subject of the oil line, and it is the thing given.

Theme · 用 · counter-Theme the bare object

用 of the thing given · bare object of the other thing · working, revisable

[ 我
  [ √换
     [PP 用 [ 大米 ]]
     [ 鸡蛋 ]]]                  ← usage article

[ —
  [ √兑换
     [PP 用 [ 美圆 ]]
     [ 人民币 ]]]                ← 第七版

The thing given and the thing received are different phrases. 换来 puts 来 on the received thing. 交换纪念品 names one object and leaves 用 out. The egg line itself prints no directional. The cow line and the currency definition supply the direction this drawing uses.

✓ 他用一头牛换来一匹马 usage article · 来 on the horse

Partner · 和 · 跟 · 与

The person is preverbal · a second thing in the same clause is unprinted here

[ 玩具
  [ √换
     [PP 和 [ 我 ]]]]             ← usage article

[ 我
  [ √交换
     [PP 与 [ 你 ]]
     [Theme 位置 ]]]             ← 汉典 · not the seventh edition

This 和 is the partner. 跟他 is the partner inside 我跟他换得着吗. 同 is unprinted. 给小明 in the same 换得着 sentence is the receiver of the pen, a second person.

✓ 你的玩具可以和我换着玩儿吗 usage article

✓ 他和小王用大米换鸡蛋。 constructed · partner and 用 · unprinted as one clause

Goal · 成 of the new item

把 of the original · 成 of the new item · working, revisable

[ —
  [ √换
     [把 一种货币 ]
     [成 另一种货币 ]]]          ← usage article

[ 他
  [ √换
     [PP 拿 [ 两间平房 ]]
     [到 一间楼房 ]]]            ← usage article

The seventh edition’s 用美圆兑换人民币 has no 成. 两岸通用词典 writes 換成 in the definition of 兌換 and prints 兌換歐元 with one object. 换到 is the directional on the flat.

✓ 把一种货币换成另一种货币 usage article

✓ 他把美元换成人民币。 constructed · the exact string is unprinted · the seventh edition has 美圆 and 用

English counterpart · for, with, and 用

Working · Cambridge exchange · two patterns, not one stack · Mandarin 用 reverses the bare object

[ I
  [ √EXCHANGE
     [Theme those trousers ]
     [PP for [ a larger size ]]]]     ← exchange X for Y
                                       ← Mandarin bare object of 换
                                       ← Mandarin 成
                                       ← Portuguese por

[ —
  [ √EXCHANGE
     [Theme sth ]
     [PP with [ sb ]]]]               ← exchange X with Z
                                       ← Mandarin 和 / 跟 / 与
                                       ← before the verb

[ 我
  [ √换
     [PP 用 [ 大米 ]]
     [ 鸡蛋 ]]]                       ← the bare object is received
                                       ← English bare object is given

The gloss exchange X for Y with Z stacks the two English patterns. Cambridge prints them as separate patterns. Mandarin prints the given thing in 用 and the received thing as the bare object, and prints the partner in another clause.

Notes

Working paper · October 2026 · Mandarin micro-entry · Beyond Index 2

交换 in the seventh edition takes one object. 换 takes the thing given in 用 and the thing received as the bare object. The partner is preverbal 和 or 跟. 与 is the 汉典 example. 把…换成 marks the original and the new item. Seventh-edition 兑换 prints 用美圆兑换人民币 and no 成.

ZH micro-entry live Beyond Index 2 · 交换 partner and 用 unprinted as one clause JA Japanese live RU обменять live PT trocar live IT scambiare live ES intercambiar live FR échanger live DE tauschen live

Sense × language: exchange · Mandarin (交换, 换, 调换, 掉换, 兑换, 互换, 交流). The goods exchange is the page. Opinions, tokens, shifts, and work experience stay on the citation where a source prints them. Tears crossing and a river stay off the exchange frame. Geometry neighbors: exchange · scambiare, for one marker on both seats, exchange · обменять, for на and с, buy · 买 and sell · 卖, for 拿钱换东西. Index 2 does not list Mandarin for this class. No English micro-entry. The stub is exchange.html.

Open items

  • The partner and 用 are not stacked. 和我 and 用大米换过鸡蛋 are different clauses. Cambridge prints for and with as separate patterns. The gloss exchange X for Y with Z is the unprinted stack. The constructed clause with 小王 and 用大米 is not a grammatical claim.
  • 同 is unprinted. The partner markers the articles print are 和, 跟, and 与. 与 is 汉典’s basic example. It is not a seventh-edition example of 交换. No line opened here prints the partner as 同.
  • A bare 拿 X 换 Y is unprinted. The printed 拿 line is 他拿两间平房换到一间楼房. The constructed clause without 到 is not a dictionary line.
  • 他把美元换成人民币 is unprinted as that string. The usage article prints 把一种货币换成另一种货币. The seventh edition prints 用美圆兑换人民币, with the character 美圆 and with no 成. CC-CEDICT glosses 换成 and prints no clause.
  • 换他两本书 is unglossed. The usage article says sense 1 can take a double object and prints 换他两本书. It does not say whether the books are given or received. 换给他一支好笔 is a different frame: the pen goes to the person after 给.
  • Books not opened. The paper 汉语大词典 and the paper 汉语动词用法词典 were not opened. The usage article is the text at cd.mdict.net and cd.newdu.com, in the entry shape of that verb dictionary (可带‘了、着、过’, 动结, 动趋). Li & Thompson 1981 was not opened for a clause of 换. The publisher’s contents list a coverb chapter and a 把 chapter, and those chapters are not cited here for a clause of 换. A modern example 将剩下的美元兑换成了人民币 appears on a character page under a 常用释义 heading. The 引证 block on that page does not print it, and this page does not cite it as 汉语大词典.

Corpus filenames and sources checked

Dictionary frames: the seventh edition of 现代汉语词典, as the character pages print it, for 交换, 换, 掉换, 调换, 兑换, 互换, and 交流; the usage article at cd.mdict.net, repeated at cd.newdu.com, for 换; 汉典, for the basic example of 交换 and the 水浒传 line; 重编国语辞典 and 两岸通用词典, as those character pages print them; CC-CEDICT, as MDBG prints it. English: Cambridge, learner and business, exchange, as cited on the Portuguese page. The paper 汉语大词典, the paper 汉语动词用法词典, and Li & Thompson 1981 were not opened for a clause of 换. Sibling pages: exchange-de, exchange-fr, exchange-es, exchange-it, exchange-pt, exchange-ru, exchange-ja, exchange, buy-zh, sell-zh. Constructed clauses reuse a printed marker with 他 and 小王, or put 美元 and 人民币 in one 换成 clause where no article prints them together. Index 2 does not list Mandarin for this class.

Records 交换 with one object in the seventh edition, and 换 with the thing given in 用 and the thing received as the bare object: 我用大米换过鸡蛋. The partner is preverbal 和我, 跟他, or 与你. A clause with the partner and 用 is unprinted, and 同 is unprinted. 把一种货币换成另一种货币 marks the new item with 成. Seventh-edition 兑换 prints 用美圆兑换人民币 and leaves 成 out. 拿两间平房换到一间楼房 marks the thing given with 拿.