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修改

xiū gǎi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

修改 (xiū gǎi) means "to revise, to amend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 修改 means

1. to amend
2. to alter
3. to modify

The characters in 修改

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform

Example sentences

• 谢谢你的修改。
  Thank you for the corrections.
• 这张图片经过数位修改。
  The image was digitally altered.
• 我们想修改学校的规章制度。
  We want to modify the regulations of our school.
• 在得到确认之前不要进行任何修改。
  Zài dédào quèrèn zhīqián bù yào jìnxíng rènhé xiūgǎi.
  Do not make any modifications before you get confirmations.
• 对现有代码做出任何修改前，你需要考虑后果。
  Duì xiànyǒu dàimǎ zuòchū rènhé xiūgǎi qián, nǐ xūyào kǎolǜ hòuguǒ.
  You need to consider the consequences before making any modifications to existing code.
• 我正在寻找可以帮我修改这篇论文的母语人士。
  Wǒ zhèngzài xúnzhǎo kěyǐ bāng wǒ xiūgǎi zhè piān lùnwén de mǔyǔ rénshì.
  I'm looking for a native speaker who could help me correct this essay.

Words starting with 修改

• 修改稿xiū gǎi gǎorevised draft; new version (of a document)

Words containing 修改

• 基因修改jī yīn xiū gǎigenetic modification

Where 修改 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Office, Study & Computing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiū gǎi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.