更 (gang1 gaang1 gang3 ang3 | geng1 geng4) : change; shift; further

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更

gang1 gaang1 gang3 ang3

geng1 geng4

[粵] gang1 | [國] geng1
[1] [v] change; replace; alter
[2] [v] [literary] experience

[粵] gaang1 | [國] geng1
[1] [n] daily shift; shift duty; night duty
[2] [n] a watch period (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided starting at 7pm)

[粵] gang3 | [國] geng4
[1] [adv] further; furthermore; what is more
[2] [adv] more; still more; even more

[粵] ang3 - Cantonese only
[adv] [colloquial] no matter what/how

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 曰 (#73)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

更

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吏史

This word has been viewed 18511 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Mar 2017 23:52

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更多 gang3 do1 geng4 duo1 = more

更好 gang3 hou2 geng4 hao3 = even better

更大 gang3 daai6 geng4 da4 = bigger

看更 hon1 gaang1 = nightwatch

更年期 gang1 nin4 kei4 geng1 nian2 qi1 (PRC), geng1 nian2 qi2 (Taiwan) = menopause

更加 gang3 gaa1 geng4 jia1 = more; even more

自力更生 zi6 lik6 gang1 saang1 zi4 li4 geng1 sheng1 = self-reliant; regeneration through one's own effort

更換 gang1 wun6 geng1 huan4 = replace

更改 gang1 goi2 geng1 gai3 = to alter

更正 gang1 zing3 geng1 zheng4 = to make corrections
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被你這樣咄咄逼人地追問，他就更慌了！國
With your forceful interrogation, he became even more nervous.

這樣做豈不更實際些？國
Wouldn't that be more practical?

有一部分更加係設有獨立冷氣粵
In addition, some [apartments] have their own air conditioner.
[Lit. have one portion additionally are equipped-with independent air-con]

酒入愁腸，愁更愁！
Idiom: Alcohol cannot cure our pain and sadness.

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