duì

to cash

surname Dui; to exchange; to add (liquid); to blend; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp; ☱

mouth (丷) + kneeling person (兄) = speaking an exchange

The original form showed a kneeling person (兄) with an open mouth (丷 standing in for 口), suggesting speaking or chanting aloud. From the idea of verbal declaration came the extended senses of exchange, conversion, and cashing out.

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A reduced form indicating mouthSemantic
A person kneeling with a mouthSemantic

我想把这张支票成现金。

wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhè zhāng zhī piào duì chéng xiàn jīn。

I want to cash this check into cash.

你可以去银行把外币换成人民币。

nǐ kě yǐ qù yín háng bǎ wài bì duì huàn chéng rén mín bì。

You can go to the bank to exchange foreign currency into renminbi.

Words with 兑

金汇兑本位制

jīn huì duì běn wèi zhì

gold exchange standard (economics)

兑付

duì fù

to cash (a check)

兑换

duì huàn

to convert

兑换率

duì huàn lǜ

currency exchange rate

兑奖

duì jiǎng

to cash in a winning ticket; to redeem a prize

兑现

duì xiàn

(of a check etc) to cash

勾兑

gōu duì

to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)

汇兑

huì duì

remittance

商兑

shāng duì

to discuss and deliberate

打兑

dǎ duì

to arrange (colloquial)

承兑

chéng duì

(commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment)

折兑

zhé duì

to cash

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