换汇

換匯

huànhuì

verb

Meanings

1 to exchange currency
2 to convert foreign exchange

Characters

remittance, foreign exchange

Examples

出国之前我去银行换汇。

Chūguó zhīqián wǒ qù yínháng huànhuì.

Before going abroad I went to the bank to change money.

今天的换汇汇率不太好。

Jīntiān de huànhuì huìlǜ bú tài hǎo.

Today's exchange rate for currency conversion isn't great.

每人每年只能换汇五万美元。

Měi rén měi nián zhǐ néng huànhuì wǔwàn měiyuán.

Each person can only exchange up to fifty thousand US dollars per year.

Tips

culture

China has a strict individual foreign-exchange quota — SAFE (State Administration of Foreign Exchange) caps each citizen at USD 50,000 per year. 换汇 is the everyday word people use when dealing with this limit, visiting Bank of China, or ordering forex through a mobile banking app.

Stroke Order

换 huàn

汇 huì