修改

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
trad. (修改)		修	改
simp. #(修改)		修	改

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūgǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄍㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ goi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-kói
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siu-kóe / siu-ké / siu-kái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹ goi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūgǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄍㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siougǎi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-kai³
    • Yale: syōu-gǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiougae
    • Palladius: сюгай (sjugaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ goi²
    • Yale: sāu gói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ goi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ goi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-kói
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu^ˊ goi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ goi³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴ koi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kóe
    • Tâi-lô: siu-kué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'koea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ kue⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-ké
    • Tâi-lô: siu-ké
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kái
    • Tâi-lô: siu-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu¹ goi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu kói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³⁻²³ koi⁵²/

Verb

修改

1. to revise; to alter; to modify; to amend; to rework; to revamp; to mend
2. to change; to alter; to modify

   修改憲法／修改宪法  ―  xiūgǎi xiànfǎ  ―  to change the constitution

Synonyms

• (to revise):

edit

• 修正 (xiūzhèng)
• 修編 / 修编 (xiūbiān)
• 修訂 / 修订 (xiūdìng)
• 刪改 / 删改 (shāngǎi)
• 匡正 (kuāngzhèng) (literary)
• 參訂 / 参订 (cāndìng) (to proofread and correct)
• 批改 (pīgǎi) (to mark)
• 改定 (gǎidìng)
• 改正 (gǎizhèng)
• 改訂 / 改订 (gǎidìng)
• 更定 (gēngdìng)
• 更正 (gēngzhèng)
• 格正 (gézhèng) (literary)
• 校正 (jiàozhèng) (to proofread and correct)
• 矯正 / 矫正 (jiǎozhèng)
• 端正 (duānzhèng)
• 糾正 / 纠正 (jiūzhèng)
• 訂正 / 订正 (dìngzhèng)
• 重修 (chóngxiū)
• 釐正 (lízhèng) (literary)

 

• (to change):

edit

• 切換 / 切换 (qiēhuàn)
• 改動 / 改动 (gǎidòng)
• 改換 / 改换 (gǎihuàn)
• 改觀 / 改观 (gǎiguān) (to change appearance, to change one's view)
• 改變 / 改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 更動 / 更动 (gēngdòng)
• 更換 / 更换 (gēnghuàn)
• 更改 (gēnggǎi)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 移 (yí)
• 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
• 竄 / 窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
• 竄亂 / 窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
• 變 / 变 (biàn)
• 變換 / 变换 (biànhuàn)
• 變易 / 变易 (biànyì)
• 變更 / 变更 (biàngēng)
• 變變 / 变变 (Hokkien)
• 變革 / 变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
• 轉化 / 转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
• 轉換 / 转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
• 轉變 / 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 遷 / 迁 (qiān)
• 革變 / 革变 (gébiàn) (literary)