革 (gaak3 gik1 | ge2 ji2) : leather; hide; change; alter; get rid of

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革

gaak3 gik1

ge2 ji2

[粵] gaak3 | [國] ge2
[1] [n] leather; hide; skin
[2] [v] change; alter; transform
[3] [v] get rid of; dismiss; abolish

[粵] gik1 | [國] ji2
[adj] [literary] grave; severe (illness)

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

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

革

This word has been viewed 8311 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Oct 2013 15:24

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政治改革 zing3 zi6 goi2 gaak1 zheng4 zhi4 gai3 ge2 = political reform

革命 gaak3 ming6 ge2 ming4 = revolution

皮革 pei4 gaak3 pi2 ge2 = leather

變革 bin3 gaak3 bian4 ge2 = to transform; to change

反革命 faan2 gaak3 ming6 fan3 ge2 ming4 = counter-revolution; counterrevolution; counterrevolutionary

改革 goi2 gaak3 gai3 ge2 = to reform

文革 man4 gaak3 wen2 ge2 = Cultural Revolution

改革者 goi2 gaak3 ze2 gai3 ge2 zhe3 = reformer

改革進程 goi2 gaak3 zeon3 cing4 gai3 ge2 jin4 cheng2 = reform process

金融改革 gam1 jung4 goi2 gaak3 jin1 rong2 gai3 ge2 = financial reform

經濟改革 ging1 zai3 goi2 gaak3 jing1 ji4 gai3 ge2 = economic reform

改革開放 goi2 gaak3 hoi1 fong3 gai3 ge2 kai1 fang4 = to reform and open to the outside world

革命家 gaak3 ming6 gaa1 ge2 ming4 jia1 = revolutionist

土地改革 tou2 dei6 goi2 gaak3 tu3 di4 gai3 ge2 = land reform; agrarian reform

革命鬥志 gaak3 ming6 dau3 zi3 ge2 ming4 dou4 zhi4 = fighting will; fighting spirit

登革熱 dang1 gaak3 jit6 deng1 ge2 re4 = dengue fever, break-bone fever

東革 dung1*3 gaat1 = walking stick 粵

洗心革面 sai2 sam1 gaak3 min6 xi3 xin1 ge2 mian4 = to totally reform one's ways; to turn over a new leaf; to thoroughly reform oneself

革職 gaak3 zik1 ge2 zhi2 = remove from office; dismiss

辛亥革命 san1 hoi6 gaak3 ming6 = Hsinhai Revolution

革除 gaak3 ceoi4 ge2 chu2 = eliminate; abolish

文化大革命 man4 faa3 daai6 gaak3 ming6 wen2 hua4 da4 ge2 ming4 = Great Cultural Revolution

宗教改革 zung1 gaau3 goi2 gaak3 zong1 jiao4 gai3 ge2 = (Protestant) Reformation

工業革命 gung1 jip6 gaak3 ming6 gong1 ye4 ge2 ming4 = the Industrial Revolution

西裝革履 sai1 zong1 gaak3 lei5 xi1 zhuang1 ge2 lv3 = dressed in a suit and leather shoes

沿革 jyun4 gaak3 yan2 ge2 = evolution; successive changes; the course of change and development

病革 bing6 gik1 = acutely ill

革故鼎新 gaak3 gu3 ding2 san1 ge2 gu4 ding3 xin1 = discard the old in favor of the new

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