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改正

gǎi zhèng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

改正 (gǎi zhèng) means "to correct (a mistake)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 改正 means

1. to correct
2. to amend
3. to put right
4. correction

The characters in 改正

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper

Example sentences

• 请改正错误。
  Please correct the errors.
• 他说他能改正。
  He says he'll correct it.
• 请改正划线字词。
  Qǐng gǎizhèng huàxiàn zìcí.
  Correct the underlined words.
• 请改正以下句子。
  Correct the following sentences.
• 如有错误，请改正。
  Correct the errors if there are any.
• 一些程式错误被改正了。
  Yīxiē chéngshì cuòwù bèi gǎizhèng le.
  Some bugs were fixed.

Where 改正 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Reform, Change & Innovation (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 gǎi zhèng correctly.
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