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改革

gǎi gé

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 次、种、项

改革 (gǎi gé) means "reform (a system)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 改革 means

1. reform
2. to reform

The characters in 改革

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform

Example sentences

• 我反对政治改革。
  I am against political reform.
• 我支持政治改革。
  I support political reform.
• 他们忙于社会改革。
  They were busy working for social reforms.
• 我们算计着改革生产流程。
  Wǒmen suànji zhe gǎigé shēngchǎn liúchéng.
  We are planning changes to the manufacturing process.
• 他提出改革研究方法的意见。
  Tā tíchū gǎigé yánjiū fāngfǎ de yìjiàn.
  He's proposing a suggestion for altering the research method.
• 他提议对教育系统进行改革。
  Tā tíyì duì jiàoyù xìtǒng jìnxíng gǎigé.
  He proposed a reform in the educational system.

Words starting with 改革

• 改革派gǎi gé pàithe reformist party
• 改革家gǎi gé jiāreformer
• 改革者gǎi gé zhěreformer
• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngreform and opening up (Chinese policy introduced in 1978)

Words containing 改革

• 土地改革tǔ dì gǎi géland reform
• 宗教改革Zōng jiào Gǎi gé(Protestant) Reformation
• 政治改革zhèng zhì gǎi gépolitical reform
• 文字改革wén zì gǎi géreform of the writing system
• 经济改革jīng jì gǎi géeconomic reform
• 金融改革jīn róng gǎi géfinancial reform
• 国家发展改革委Guó jiā Fā zhǎn Gǎi gé WěiPRC National Development and Reform Commission
• 国家发展和改革委员会Guó jiā Fā zhǎn hé Gǎi gé Wěi yuán huìPRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
• 混合所有制改革hùn hé suǒ yǒu zhì gǎi gémixed ownership reform…

Where 改革 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.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǎi gé correctly.
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