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HSK
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *改* | 改* | *改
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
HSK 2
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
to improve; to make better / improvement / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to make better; to improve / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
to change into
HSK 7-9
to rename
HSK 7-9
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
to revise the current edition / revised edition
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
reelection / to reelect
screwdriver / CL:
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 and 媽媽|妈妈)
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
to reorganize / to restructure
to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
to revise / to edit
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
the reformist party
to reorganize / to reshuffle (posts etc)
to edit a picture; to modify an image / (literary) to change one's plans
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
change of appearance / to revise one's point of view
to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to change a name / to rename
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
(law) to amend a judgment; to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
to remarry (of a woman)
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
to correct an error
to change profession or business
turn away from evil and follow virtue
to revise a manuscript
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to change; to modify
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
to change profession
to revise (text, plan etc)
to deny / to go back on one's word
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
to mend one's ways
to make modifications to a product's model or design
to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
to change completely
reformer
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)
reformer
to convert (to another religion)
to improve communications
to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university)
to correct (a bad habit etc)
to transition to a new dynasty
to improve water quality
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
to correct (improve) a translation
to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse)


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