改 (goi2 | gai3) : change; revise; switch to

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改

goi2

gai3

[1] change; convert; transform
[2] revise; correct; amend
[3] switch over to; turn to; change to

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 攴 (#66)

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

改

This word has been viewed 13048 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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勞改 lou4 goi2 lao2 gai3 = abbr. for 勞動改造 reform through labor; prison camp

改進 goi2 zeon3 gai3 jin4 = to improve

改名 goi2 meng2 gai3 ming2 = rename; change the name

大改變 daai6 goi2 bin3 = about-face

改為 goi2 wai4 gai3 wei2 = change as

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

政改 zing3 goi2 zheng4 gai3 = political reform

改換 goi2 wun6 gai3 huan4 = change; switch

改天 goi2 tin1 gai3 tian1 = another day 國

改變 goi2 bin3 gai3 bian4 = to change
See all 70 compounds (CantoDict reports 80 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 改

你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

你要改你嘅學生嘅功課粵
You need to mark your students' homework.
[Lit. You need change [in the sense of correct] your student homework.]

我們參照原文作了必要的修改。國
We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.

做事出錯要改正﹐但要避免矯枉過正。
We must correct what has been done wrong, but also avoid making correction beyond what is really necessary.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 改
Unicode code for this character: U+6539 (off-site link)

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