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更新

gēng xīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

更新 (gēng xīn) means "to renew, update". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 更新 means

1. to replace the old with new
2. to renew
3. to renovate
4. to upgrade
5. to update
6. to regenerate

The characters in 更新

• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 让它更新。
  Let it update.
• 请更新软体。
  Update your software.
• 我想要更新。
  I want updates.
• 请更新系统。
  Update your system.
• 我等待更新。
  I await updates.
• 更新我的软体。
  Update my software.

Words starting with 更新

• 更新换代gēng xīn huàn dàireform and renewal; generational change
• 更新世Gēng xīn shìPleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)

Words containing 更新

• 动态更新dòng tài gēng xīndynamic update (Internet)
• 除旧更新chú jiù gēng xīnto replace the old with new (idiom)
• 万象更新wàn xiàng gēng xīn(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

Where 更新 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gé–jǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gēng xīn correctly.
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