改 gǎi

change, alter; improve, remodel

HSK 4 #350

DEFINITIONS

  • change, alter
  • improve, remodel
  • to change
  • to alter
  • to transform
  • to correct

STROKES

WORDS

改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish
劳改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4]; reform through labor; laogai (prison camp)
改换 gǎi huàn to change (sth); to alter (sth); to change over (to sth else)
改期 gǎi qī to reschedule; to rearrange (e.g. a meeting); to postpone
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune; to modify one's previous remark; to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
改道 gǎi dào to change route; to divert (a road or a watercourse)
改日 gǎi rì another day; some other day
改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman)
改选 gǎi xuǎn reelection; to reelect
改为 gǎi wéi to change into
涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text); to change by painting over; to correct (with correction fluid)
改制 gǎi zhì to reorganize; to restructure
改组 gǎi zǔ to reorganize; to reshuffle (posts etc)
改革者 gǎi gé zhě reformer
整改 zhěng gǎi to reform; to rectify and improve
痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf; a reformed character
改朝换代 gǎi cháo huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime
改版 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition; revised edition
改称 gǎi chēng to change a name; to rename
改革派 gǎi gé pài the reformist party
修改稿 xiū gǎi gǎo revised draft; new version (of a document)
改判 gǎi pàn to amend a judgment; to overrule the original decision; to commute (a sentence)
批改 pī gǎi to mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to correct and criticize (an article); to check; to correct; a correction (to a piece of writing)
劳动改造 láo dòng gǎi zào reeducation through labor; laogai (prison camp)
改锥 gǎi zhuī screwdriver; CL:把[ba3]
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