轮换 lúnhuàn to rotate
to rotate; to take turns
How to remember 轮换: 轮 wheel + 换 change = to rotate.
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How it is used
- To rotate / take turns - swap people or things on a schedule - 员工轮换值班 (yuángōng lúnhuàn zhíbān) staff take turns on duty.
- Emphasizes a cyclic swapping so no one/nothing stays fixed (轮换制度 rotation system; 作物轮换 crop rotation).
- 轮换 stresses replacing in turns; 轮流 (lúnliú) stresses each taking their turn in sequence - often interchangeable but 轮换 highlights the substitution.